User Manual

AUDIO BASICS
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! Note that the Main Mixer Master Section Clip indicators will only work if there are no other devices connected
between the Master Section device and the Hardware Interface!
The Big Meter on the Hardware Interface
D To remedy Audio In clipping, adjust the level at the input source, i.e. on the hardware audio interface or on the
preamp connected to the hardware audio interface.
! When recording or sampling external audio signals, clipping cannot be adjusted in the Record application - it
must be adjusted at the audio input source!
! When sampling audio internally from devices in the rack, you have to adjust the Output Level on the source de-
vice to make sure clipping doesn’t occur in the Hardware Interface (Record+Reason).
D To remedy Audio Out clipping, lower the master level on the Mixer (or other device) that is connected to the
Hardware Interface, until Audio Out clipping doesn’t light up on playback.
You could also use the MClass Maximizer as an insert effect on the Master Section in the Main Mixer to ensure
that clipping never occurs - see “The MClass Maximizer”.
D To get a better overview of the levels, bring up the Big Meter on the Hardware Interface, by clicking the “Big
Meter” button on the front panel. Then, select the input or output pairs to view in the Big Meter by clicking on
the corresponding channel selection button below each input or output pairs. Alternatively, select channel by
turning the channel selection knob.
If the audio level is, or has been, too high, the Clip indicators on the Big Meter will stay lit until you click the Reset
button, or select new audio channels for the Big Meter.
! In some situations, the Audio Out Clip indicator on the Transport Panel and the Output Clip indicators on the
Record Hardware Interface might light up if the metronome Click is active in the sequencer during playback
(see “Click and Pre-count”). This is nothing to worry about and won’t cause any distortion in your song. To de-
termine if the metronome is causing the clipping indication, just disable Click and see if the clipping stops.
! Note that it doesn’t matter if the level meters on the individual devices (effects, MIxer channels, etc.) “hit the
red”. Output clipping can only occur in the Hardware Interface.
The technical reason for this is that internally, Record uses high resolution floating point processing, which en-
sures highest audio quality and virtually limitless headroom. In the Hardware Interface, the floating point audio is
converted to the resolution used by the computer’s audio interface, and that’s where audio out clipping might oc-
cur.
Channel Selection buttons
for the “Big Meter”
The “Show Big Meter” button
Clip indicators
Reset
button
Channel Selection knob
for the “Big Meter”