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Old 08-30-2014, 01:27 PM   #43
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Originally Posted by karbomusic View Post
It certainly applies to those poor converters you are trashing on the way in. That number exists due to the ~18 db discrepancy between the outside and inside the box world. AKA -18 db is close to +20 outside the box and near the max most converters/pres can reliably handle. Check the specs on your card, it should be listed in the manual since for some its a dB or so higher/lower.

Anyone writing a SIM should be well aware of and adjust for that, going in higher might sound OK if going into the real thing at +18 sounds good.
Record a guitar, near clipping, and at a 'safe' level. See what happens. Shouldn't take you more than a couple of minutes.
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