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Default Attenuate or run hot mic directly into A/D convertor?


"anahata" wrote in message
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Sunflowermanuk wrote:

I considered that putting a pad after the mic pre


No use if the mic pre itself is clipping. Then you'll just feed an
attenuated clipped signal to the converter..


Agreed, but the world is full of mic preamps that will put out +22 or more,
and converters that clip at +16 or less.