Please help!

I am getting clipping error when i match the input and output level at -12 dB. The soundcard is a x-fi extrememusic. And I have to increase the output volume to 0.75 for that. Wave and input volumes are at 1.00.

What does that mean?

Thank you.

Sorry all,I figured it out, quite obvious from the response curve that I had boost on. I found them under advanced settings and brought them back to normal.

Ironic with a nickname like this, I missed out on the treble and bass boost :-)

[brucek]

When you run the Check Levels routine in the Settings tab for a subwoofer, you have selected the 'Check/Set Levels with Subwoofer' pulldown. This uses a pink noise with a low cut filter of 30Hz and a high cut filter of 80 Hz.

When you run the Check Levels routine in the Measurement screen it uses a different method. It tests up to the End Freq limit you have set in the pull down box. If you had an inappropriate value set there you could experience a different level.

In addition, consider that you may have some large peaks outside the limits of the check level signal that cause the clipping.

Simply turn down the input level until it doesn't clip when you measure.

To observe the frequency that it clips at, look at the Scope Tab. This shows the output and input level of the soundcard. The perfectly flat smooth level is the output, and the darker red inside the envelope is the input level. The scope is there after each measurement. It shows the 'last' measure taken.

brucek