Re: Finally pulled the trigger on a StudioLive 24.4.2
Thanks for your indepth response, Dick.
Not clipping the inputs would certainly be a necessity for having the mixer output an undistorted signal, no argument there.
FWIW, the Yamaha manuals I have read state something like "occationally seeing a red light is OK although signals driven to these levels over prolonged periods of time will have audible artifacts". I believe the red light kicks in 3 dB before the AD runs out of 1s and 0s, although, on my DM 2000 you can set the meters to show post channel EQ, meaning that if you lower the EQ bands a lot and don't use the EQ makeup gain, you can experience seing the little red light on the actual pream lighting up well before the meter shows full scale readout. I also believe most mixers just compress the hell out of the signal instead of letting it run into actual digital clipping.
I am curious as to how the Yamaha offerings compare to Presonus' way of designing things.
