StratPIt
Inspired
Thanks Rex for your good explanations.Nope. Saturation means asking a circuit to produce more signal than it's capable of. That's when distortion starts.
You're thinking about using as much of the range of the A/D converter as possible. That's a good thing, because it lowers the noise floor. But in the case of electric guitar, it's not so important. The noise that your guitar produces is usually much stronger than the noise of the A/D converter.
That's because of the A/D converter's built-in limiter. It prevents the converter from going into saturation (clipping) when it gets hit with a too-strong signal.
My point is to make all users aware that if the values are too high, there is a risk of losing sound quality.
Although the user adheres exactly to the specifications in the manual. And the red LED only lights up from time to time.
It seems that not only the level but also the set value has an influence on when the limiter kicks in. IMO
At least at values above 90-95% and higher, the impression is there.
For guitars with higher output levels, the level display is probably active earlier than the limiter kicks in.