Subject: Re: [LAU] USB audio interface support?

From: <fons@...> · Date: Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 11:05 am

On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 05:55:17PM +0800, Ng Oon-Ee wrote:
> One of the engineers at M-Audio, in the thread I mentioned, said that

quoted text> the M-Audio gives up to 40 dB of pre-amp gain, while the SM57 needs

> about 50 dB to operate optimally. In other words, it works, but it'll be

> soft, and soft enough that if you try to record quite plucking your

> recording will be noisy once software-amplified.
40 dB is on the low side, and will produce low levels for some

instruments, but more gain would not improve the S/N ratio at

all (*). To get a good level you can as well use 'digital gain'.
(*) except if the preamp is really very badly designed.
Ciao,
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FA
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