need set +4db or -10 db AD\DA creamware ???

[nunziata]

The 16-distorts a + 4dB
is necessary to set a - 10 dB? ' to work?
is a bug in a 16 ultra?

[Fluxpod]

what?

[Neutron]

It depends what it is going in to, some equipment cant take that hot signal (like kp3 for instance)

[nunziata]

HI is possible that to set ad /da 16 ultra on + 4 db give distort signal and I must to set on - 10 db for run properly ,
despite the 'connected hardware is professional?

What do think regards , maybe is bug of the converter ??

[wayne]

Nunz, that is normal. Your gear doesn't take +4, give it -10

[nunziata]

my gear is :
scope dsp 30
2) ad/da converter a 16 ultra
1) uad 2 610 dual mono
1) tube tech cla 2a compressore limiter
1)presonus digimax 96
1) lexicon pcm 91
1)tc electronics 2000
1) drawner ds 201 dual gate
1)drawner ds 201 dual gate
1)neve 8803 equalizer
1)mutec distributor ws
master keyboard roland a 80 mikdi
this gear no accepted ++ 4 db ????

[Neutron]

If only 1 is distorting then maybe you should pad it rather than set 8 outputs to -10
can you tell which one is distorting?

[valis]

The real omission here is you're not stating WHAT exactly is distorted, and how it's connected.

Distortion would occur at +4dBu *if* you routed the a16 to a mixer or another device after.

Routing a sound source that's +4dBu into the a16 set to +4dBu should be correct, and routing a -10dBV signal would require some additional gain (offhand I think it's about 9dBf of gain once on the digital side.)

If you have only one or two devices that are +4dBu and your synths are all -10dBV then you might want to use a pad or DI/reamp device to convert down to line level for those 1 or 2 devices, and run the a16 at -10dBV, this will avoid having to use additional gain (some older synths are noisy enough already.)