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Originally Posted by dpalomaki
If only one tape has "bad" audio it likely is the recording if other tapes play OK with exact the same setup.
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Originally Posted by timtape
I guess the designers knew many consumers would try to record at levels close to overload as if they were recording to a noisy audio cassette, so the designers made it look like we were recording much closer to overload than we actually were, forcing us to be more conservative in levels. The track may not be overloaded, and your listening from the VCR headphone jack seems to confirm this
I agree with dpalomaki that the connections between your VCR audio output and the interface need sorting out. XLR to XLR may look right but there is a huge overload/mismatch going on there. This may have even damaged the preamps in the Focusrite.
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Yes all tapes played through the Sony could not be picked up by the Focusrite, and the outlier was like you said it sounds perfectly fine when listening through the headphone jack. The volume control knobs seem to be disabled during playback. I hear no distortion from the headphone jack.
So I'm going to purchase an XLR to TRS line level adapter and see what happens. If that does not work I am going to try the pad adapters. I would prefer that because then I wouldn't be going from a balanced to an unbalanced signal. Seems like I overloaded the Focusrite. Hopefully no damage.
So it appears these were designed for pro line level consoles. Makes sense seeing this is a pro broadcasting deck.
Update: I just realized on the back of the VCR I had selected +4dBm. There is an option to select 0dBm and -6dBm. I am going to run tests and report back. Silly me. It's probably still not enough to allow me to run directly into mic pres though.
Update: Nope still no audible signal I can hear. Going to stop before I break the 2i2. Should have known. I had assumed if you kept gain at zero you could use XLR inputs as line level. That's not the case with these USB interfaces.
https://support.focusrite.com/hc/en-...-my-Interface-