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Old 09-03-2014, 05:11 AM   #85
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Originally Posted by Lawrence View Post
Are you actually reading what you're responding to? I specifically talked about overdriving the preamp not the ADC.
Same for me.

For the adc, there's no difference to record a -1 peak level signal or a -18 peak signal. The difference is on the analog part of the chain that is before the adc.


When you try to reach -1 on your adc instead of -18, you use more gain on your preamp

More gain = more noise
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