Electrok Posted June 21, 2001 Share Posted June 21, 2001 I am having problems with the headroom in the MOTU interface boxes. My basic digital set up is a 3 MOTU 2408mkII's this gives me 24 channels of analog in and out. I am running a Mac G4 with Digital Performer. I also have a Panasonic 3800 DAT. My console is a Trident 70 series I use an Otari MTR 90 II as my main tape deck. My problem is this: When I send a 1k tone that reads 0 vu from my Trident main outs at +4db I get -18 on my DAT and -12 on my 2408mkII and audio monitor inside of DP. when I do a mix that is at 0 VU on the Trident I approach 0 on the DAT or if it goes to high I can back down on the analog input trims on the DAT. when I send a mix at 0 VU to the 2408mkII , however, I am smashing the inputs to oblivion. The jumpers are internally set to +4 on the 2408mkII. I have to back the main faders down on the Trident to read aprox -10db to keep from killing the MOTU inputs. Why is it doing this? is there any way to calibrate the 2408's inputs? Am I expecting too much from these units? thanks ahead for your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABECK Posted June 21, 2001 Share Posted June 21, 2001 O.K. I'm confused - or maybe I misunderstood. If a 1K tone at 0VU reads -18 on your DAT, then a mix at 0VU from your trident should also read -18 on your DAT - not 0VU. Regardless of the 2408 units. Maybe I'm just confused - but I'd start there. Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippie Posted June 21, 2001 Share Posted June 21, 2001 My MOTU 2408 (ver.1.0) has a similar inconsistantcy between my other gear. Levels are a lot hotter on the MOTU than everything else. (when all settings are equal). I do not have a fix, I just do a "work-around" , by having a cheat-sheet taped to my monitor that reads something like "Mixer output at 0db = MOTU at +6 input", etc. Luckily most other gear in my studio has levels/meters that you can calibrate. -Hippie In two days, it won't matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrok Posted June 21, 2001 Author Share Posted June 21, 2001 ABECK different frequencies have defferent energy levels. Electrok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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