Volume Trouble When Recording The Main Outputs

Hello!

I have a problem where, when I record the SRC3: Main the recording volume is low. I have set it up like this:

An Er-1 drum machine is playing in a Thru machine on T7. When I record SRC3: T7, turn off the volume completely on the drum machine and listen to the recording, the volume is exactly the same as what I am hearing from my speakers. So that’s perfect! That’s what I want.

But as said, when I turn on the drum machine again and try to record SRC3: Main instead of SRC3: T7, the sample I just recorded gets played back with lower volume. I can go in and boost the volume in the amp-page to +63, and that almost solves it, but still I can hear that it is lower volume than my drum machine playing by itself in the thru machine.

So: does anyone know how I can record the main outputs at the same volume as I’m hearing them in my speakers prior to recording?

Thank you!

Okay, some success…

I went into the Mixer page and set the Main Out to +0. After that the volume of the recording when set to SRC3: Main was the same!

So now then there is a new problem:

How will I control my general, overall volume? (I don’t want to have a mixer which I plug the OT into.)

I use T8 as a master track. The volume on the master track right now is at 127, i.e. max.

If I want to have louder volume now, how will I do since I can’t turn up the Main Out in the mixer page (because then the SRC3: Main recording will be than what I am hearing, and I can’t turn up the volume in the T8 Master track (because it is already at max)?

Hmh…!

:confused:

Ok, so I lowered the volume of my synths, and now I can adjust the level in the master track to control the volume. So that works fine now.

But now again when I record the SRC3: Main the volume is lower than what I am hearing when just running the ER-1 drum machine in the OT thru machine. So it seems I am back on square one again. (Again when I am recording T7 directly instead of the Main the volume is exactly the same.)

This is so weird. Hopefully I will figure this out soon, and this thread/log can maybe serve to help someone else…

If anyone reading this can see what I am doing wrong, I’d be so grateful for any help.

Hi,

i had the same issues but found a nice trick.

As you noticed equal volume is hard to achieve when you use SRC3 “MAIN”

but when you use SRC3 “T8” (because you have set it up as “Mastertrack”)
you have equal volume in your recordings.

I don´t know why but for me its the only solution for recording whith equal volumes.

Have Fun.

And that solved all my problems. (As I always plan to keep T8 as a master track.)

THANK YOU, AriHaf.

:+1: :slight_smile: :+1:

:+1: I´m glad it worked for you!

Have Fun :slight_smile: