I'm doing the popular thing, transferring some of my vinyl collection to digital, and am having trouble with clipping.
An LP (or more usually a 45) recorded at too high a level drives Amadeus into clipping when recording.
The cartridge on the turntable has fixed output level of course, and so does the phono stage. The ADC is the M-Audio 2496 USB, which also has fixed output level.
Problem: Amadeus is unable to alter the input level. From M-Audio's web site I read:
No: there is no level control available anywhere, not even in Amadeus.Q: On my Mac running OS X, it displays "The selected device has no output controls" when I select my M-Audio device for output from System Preferences>Sound; is this normal?
A: Yes. M-Audio devices bypass the Core Audio kernel mixer; depending on which M-Audio device you have, output level may be controlled from the M-Audio control panel, the device itself, or the software you are using.
Does anybody know if level control is available? Is it possible to do anything about this in Amadeus? Martin, could you provide a solution?
Sure, I can declip either manually or using one of the few declippers out there, but this is an extra step which should be unnecessary. All I need is 1 or 2 dB of attenuation and everything will be fine.
Thanks in advance.