Where is unity gain in the IN and OUT knobs?

[AlejandroGIParticipant]

Hi, I would appreciate if somebody at SomaLabs can comment at which position in the knobs is unity gain since I’m working with line level and would like to keep everything at unity at the input and output to prevent messing with levels. Having both in and out levels makes it difficult for me to try for myself since one knob can affect the result for the other.

[SomaLabsModerator]

Hi Alejandro,

Output at full and input around half should give you unity. It’s a bit of a tricky question, because any combination of input and output pots that give you the same amplitude of the signal on the output as on the input would be considered unity, but there would be different headroom and signal to noise ratio.

 

[Alejandro]

Thank you. I understand that different combinations of input and output pots might give me unity gain, but I was not sure which one might be better to aim for the best signal-to-noise ratio.

[SomaLabsModerator]

As a rule it’s the input level and the level of your audio source that’s most important to leave enough headroom and optimal snr.

Set the Input knob in such a position that the adjacent volume indicator lights up green and does not light up red or occasionally light up red.

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