Depends on the ballistics of your metering System.

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In Reply to: Re: Question on gain structure... posted by Nolat on May 31, 2001 at 22:57:03:

At no time did I say 0 was 0 VU in my situation. I have 5 different ballistic settings on the meters so the 0 I am speaking of is of Peak nature.
In the VU meter situation, (ballistic setting) the meter reading depends on program content (as you pointed out) and since I have the advantage of also usings the meters for true digital out, then I can set the brick wall to any setting desired for meter habit and feel.
VU meters are fine for Vox use, broadcast, and certain analog recording conditions so long as you know how your meters response correlates to what you hear, the noise floor, tape saturation characteristics, wire changes and signal path anomilies.
The BBC scale 0-8 can also be of great use.
Learn the meters ballistics, learn the lowest noise floor settings and stay out of saturation/overload conditions that have negative audible artifacts (yes "some" actually like certain overload in certain situations)
As I say, Use what works best within your systems limitations and know your signal path, and put away the manual!!
Still in your original question, Gains Full tilt on amplifiers are at unity. Most power amps have no audible noise floor at any setting....If they do...replace them with more accurate and quieter designs.
Your Patchbay may be the largest noise maker in the system and associated cables!
Experiment!

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Topic - Question on gain structure... - Nolat 20:49:19 05/31/01 (6)

Re: Question on gain structure... - RBP 21:06:19 05/31/01 (5)

Re: Question on gain structure... - Nolat 22:57:03 05/31/01 (4)

Depends on the ballistics of your metering System. - RBP 23:42:29 05/31/01 (3)

Re: Depends on the ballistics of your metering System. - Roland 20:03:14 06/01/01 (2)

Re: Depends on the ballistics of your metering System. - Blade 22:02:36 06/05/01 (1)

Re: Depends on the ballistics of your metering System. - Roland 18:11:10 06/06/01 (0)

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Depends on the ballistics of your metering System. - RBP 23:42:29 05/31/01 (3)

Re: Depends on the ballistics of your metering System. - Roland 20:03:14 06/01/01 (2)

Re: Depends on the ballistics of your metering System. - Blade 22:02:36 06/05/01 (1)

Re: Depends on the ballistics of your metering System. - Roland 18:11:10 06/06/01 (0)

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