Tell me this is wrong … Please ! [Edit, yes, it probably is]
The Octatrack takes your decent ‘hot’ signal
It drops the level at the inputs by ~12dB
It then adds 12dB of gain to the recording
to get you back to the original level
i’m not sure that sounds like a good plan, can anyone convince me it is ! ?
It’s helping me understand why my levels are all over the place with pickup machines, but i can now see it’s the same with flex and tellingly with Thru
When you put a decent signal through a Thru and leave it at 0, you’ll be down a bit - the through machine offers 12dB of gain, Max out the gain and you’re back to where you started
This sounds like a noisy way to manage out recording issues that should be left to the individual to manage
As it stands you cannot record at a decent level, from what i can establish, this seems like a big deal - either that or my inputs are not right ! Either way, I might be missing the point and I’m all for being enlightened …
edit : update here, there is a significant clarification