"Sharp9" wrote in message news:Wxo3c.529280$na.1267818@attbi_s04...
I have a D&R Orion with main outs on a single XLR L-R-Gnd

The problem is that 0db on the 2 buss meters = -12 on the input meters on my
(Dynaudio) Amp. I thought the unbalanced thing only cost 6db but either way,
what can I do to reclaim that volume?

TIA



I am not certain that this is an issue of "unbalanced" when you are
in reference to driving power amps. It's not uncommon for the L & R
to share a common ground in this case. I trust that he outputs you
refer to are just for the control room monitor send.

There is a great deal of headroom on the Orion... to the tune of +24
or more, if I recall correctly. You can check your manuals or get PDF
manuals from the D&R website.

Recalibrating the meters to suit would be an easy, workable solution.
That would also increase the main L & R record out levels by the same
amount, leading to an adjustment in overall signal path level matching.

I sat behind a 4000 series for 17 years, and when we went to digital
tape machines we simply recalibrated the metering to increase our
output levels track by track (and to the 2-buss) to the machines, and
thus to the monitoring. A 0dBVU tone at the input of a module was
recalibrated to read -10 on the channel meter, thus we hit everything
hotter as a result and our metering didn't ride off the scale.

--
David Morgan (MAMS)
http://www.m-a-m-s.com
http://www.artisan-recordingstudio.com