>I have had 2 recording sessions with my Sharp 702 portable MD recorder
>and my Sony bookshelf system. I am using the optical digital output on
>my bookself to record CDs to MD. The quality sounds great, but the
>volume of the MD is much lower than the original track on the CD. I'd
>say the volume I get on the MD is probably half the level on the CD.
>Any clues as to why?
The recording level on the MD is the same as it is on the CD. The
differences you're hearing have to do with the way the volume knobs are
calibrated in the pre-amp in your system vs the volume knob/analog output
stage/headphones on your portable.
If you took that same CD and played it on a bunch of different stereos, at
the same "loudness" one stereo might have the knob at 2, another at 5,
another might be turned all the way up. The way that numbers are put on a
volume control and the way that volume is calibrated is completely
artibrary. Also, the analog output stages of different digital devices (like
the analog output stages on two CD players) can have different levels, and
so the same CD may require different volume adjustments even through the
same pre-amp, when played on two separate CD players.
>My understanding was that when using digital recording I didn't have to
>mess with recording levels, etc. Am I missing something? What volume
>should I set my MD recorder and my CD to?
When digital dubbing, it's important not to record the signal any higher
than the "0" mark or you'll get clipping and distorion (when making a
digital recording--analog things like cassette decks let you go over the "0"
a tad before you start to hear distortion). When making a digital copy to MD
from a CD, you don't have to worry about adjusting the *recording level*
because the CD has obviously already been mastered to not go over the "0"
mark itself, and the musical information is just handed to your MD recorder
at the same record level.
I know this is all confusing...but does that make it any clearer?
-dave :)
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