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Old 02-21-2011, 01:57 PM
Bill Denton Bill Denton is offline
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Default Re: Just got my Omni. Some questions...

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Originally Posted by sndgeek View Post
I think this is the way you differentiate between "consumer" line level and "professional" line level. Most consumer gear runs 14dB quieter than pro gear (a la mixing boards, I/O's etc). Used to have to run an Aphex line converter to get my consumer gear (DVD player, iPod etc) to get proper level into ProTools.
That's the problem...in the US "pro" line level is +4 dBu, where consumer line level is -10 dBv.

Neither of these match up to what is shown in the Omni manual.

Further, in the specs for the Focal CMS 50 5" Nearfield Reference Monitor (just one I grabbed out of the air), it says "Adjustable sensitivity: +4dBu / 0 / -10dBV", which corresponds to the pro and consumer line levels (plus 0, just to confuse things).

And further still, just to confuse things even more, on the HD I/O, it lists the analog line outputs as +4 dBu.

Kinda makes me wonder if the numbers in the Omni manuals might be typos. Maybe Avid can chime in and help us out...
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Last edited by Bill Denton; 02-21-2011 at 01:58 PM. Reason: Correcting incorrect information
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