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paulsherwin · 12th Nov 2019, 12:23 pm

DIN levels are indeed lower, but only if the manufacturer followed the spec, and lots didn't. I don't know if the 4000 did or not - Japanese manufacturers did tend to be a bit cavalier about this, sometimes just connecting the line level RCA outputs to the DIN socket.

As Tim says, there is no point in letting the Audacity meters bang into the red when digitising. Keep the peaks at least 3dB down, and even lower levels won't really do any harm. You can always normalise the digital recording later.

12th Nov 2019, 12:23 pm	#9
paulsherwin Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 27,969	Re: Akai 4000DB - Output level query DIN levels are indeed lower, but only if the manufacturer followed the spec, and lots didn't. I don't know if the 4000 did or not - Japanese manufacturers did tend to be a bit cavalier about this, sometimes just connecting the line level RCA outputs to the DIN socket. As Tim says, there is no point in letting the Audacity meters bang into the red when digitising. Keep the peaks at least 3dB down, and even lower levels won't really do any harm. You can always normalise the digital recording later.