Topic: Fireface 800 / Totalmix levels help
Ok, So I just got this thing and I'm trying to wrap my head around Totalmix. It seems pretty straight forward as far as routing goes and using the submix view is handy, etc. but I'm having some level issues. Currently I have both the input and output gain set to +4 in the settings, and my Adam's which are plugged into output 1/2 are set to 0db (right in the middle) on the front volume knob. I have hardware inputs 1-10 set to 0db and hardware outputs 1/2 set to -10db in Totalmix and those levels sound pretty good for messing about on my hardware equipment. However, when I play something from the computer (mp3, youtube, etc.) the sound is painfully loud! I realize the sounds from the PC run through the "firewire" outputs (middle row in Totalmix) and in order for those to sound reasonable, I need to set them to like -25db which sounds crazy to me. To make matters even more confusing, Logic's playback level (as well as Ableton's) seems ok. Am i missing something? Is there a place to set the computer's output level lower as a whole?
Does it sound right that I would have to turn the level down so much on the firewire outputs in Totalmix? I'm just a bit confused. :-/ Thanks in advance for the help though!