[sdiy] Audio Levels

[Magnus Danielson]

From: Don Tillman <don at till.com>
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Audio Levels
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 10:31:40 -0700 (PDT)

>    From: "Theo" <t.hogers at home.nl>
>    Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 11:11:48 +0200
> 
>    Think that should read -10dBV and 0dBV.
>    And for the convince +4dBu for the prolevel.
> 
> I really intended -10 dBu and 0 dBu, because that's the way Mackie
> mixers are spec'd.  There could be better answers though; I don't have
> my fingers on the proper standards so I just trust Mackie to do the
> right thing.  So if someone has a better reference that would be
> great.

Also, recall that 0 dBV and 0 dBu means different voltages!

0 dBV = 1 Vrms

0 dBu = 775 mVrms

or put in a different maner:

0 dBV = 2.22 dBu
0 dBu = -2.22 dBV

so your correction is over 2 dB worth!

Cheers,
Magnus - your operator at the pocket calculator