FM9 USB too hot?? Austin Buddy Live Gold Presets

bigswifty

bigswifty

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Hey everyone,

First off - this is NOT a knock on Austin Buddy's presets. His stuff is absolutely phenomenal!

But I do have a strange issue. If I try and record my FM9 over USB, the levels are coming in HOT. I've attached a pic for reference.
I have followed all instructions in the user manual for his presets, so all should be set well. The input light tickles red on the unit itself.
But I know his presets are supposed to come in levelled at -12dB, so this shouldn't be the expected results, right?

Oddly enough, changing the physical Output 1 knob and changing the Output Level from +4dBu to -10dBu affects the playback volume but not the recorded levels.
I even tried lowering the USB 1/2 and 3/4 levels in the I/O menu which didn't seem to affect the recorded signal either.

Very strange.. any help would be appreciated!
 

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Having a similar question regarding the SPDIF output. Have to set SPDIF in on my FX3 to -18dB to get normal levels into it from the FM9 while the FM9 shows about 0dB out on its output leveling meters in FM9Edit.
 
Joe Bfstplk said:
Having a similar question regarding the SPDIF output. Have to set SPDIF in on my FX3 to -18dB to get normal levels into it from the FM9 while the FM9 shows about 0dB out on its output leveling meters in FM9Edit.
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Hopefully someone can chime in to help you! I have no experience with SPDIF.
GlennO said:
I wouldn't call that hot. That’s pretty close to ideal, and well short of clipping. Those controls you’re referring to have no effect on the usb output levels.

Edit: This is explained pretty well in Yek’s I/O levels guide.
https://wiki.fractalaudio.com/wiki/index.php?title=Connections_and_levels#Setting_levels
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Thanks for the link. On the Output Block page from the wiki, under the section "Setting and viewing levels", I found this:

"When you hit the red line in the meters, you're still 12dB away from clipping. "

That's the bit of info I needed. I think I tripped out seeing the waveform square off, and then went on a quest to discover what was going on..
Only to later realize, I still had my waveforms set to increased (visually) from a prior editing session. Set it back to ground 0 and it is all good!
 
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