no one can give me an answer?

peak values, which detail do you need?

Fireface 800 last drivers/software
OSX 10.6.3
Pro Tools 8.0.4

Thanks

well I have the Fireface 800 connected using the Firewire 800 connector in the back of the Mac Pro, the ProFire 2626 is connected at the Firewire 400 in the back of the Fireface 800, and I use Adat to transmit the 8 analog I/O of the ProFire to the Fireface.

I use wordclock to sync the ProFire (in slave) to the Fireface.

And the speakers are connected to the outputs of the Fireface, so I use the Fireface to monitor.

I notice this difference in level using the Fireface line in and the Adat in.

I think Pro Tools can only be set as peak meter

Well I've also noticed if I track a synth connected to a Fireface line input I get a peak -6 db lower in Pro Tools, if I track the same synth connected to the ProFire line input I get a peak -6db lower in the Fireface totalmix

I don't understand why.. the ADAT connection loses 6 db?

I'm referring only to the numerical readout

yep because I wanted to know if I was clipping the converter

no doesn't change anything if I change the panning law, maybe is something with the profire but I really don't understand what...

yes, in ableton the meter it's the same as the rme, but i'm trying to figure it out because i think in past was the same even in pro tools and i don't know what i've changed... honestly i don't think to have changed anything.

yes i've tested with a synth connected to the fireface line in and i have a -6 db lower value in the pro tools meters then the fireface meters, and if i connect to the profire i have -6db lower value in the rme meters.

so seems the profire lowers the volume of 6 db but i really don't understand for what reason it should do that, i'm asking the same thing in the m-audio forum but no one reply... i know rme it's great

i just needed pro tools so the profire was the better option for me

but the fireface is the greatest sound card i know, i mean it's trouble free, the drivers works always, no strange behaviors (except sometimes it goes in tilt blinking all the leds, but just one time in 2/3 months and i just have to turn it off and than on, i have it since 2003/4 and always done that sometimes, but no other problems, it just works as it should )

well thanks for the support

oh well the profire has something like a totalmix but doesn't display the values.

the strange thing is that actually the volume is lowered because pro tools record -6db lower than what is displayed in the totalmix meter.

if i import a track that it's at -6 in ableton, i got the same -6 in pro tools, while if i record a track which is at -6 in ableton it's recorded at -12 in pro tools.

i will send an email to m-audio i hope they will reply....

thanks!

p.s. btw it's very annoying because .. where are gone my 6 dbssssss :-/

problem solved, i have rised up the volume in the adat out in the totalmix, at 0 db is equal to -6, i have to put the fader at +6 to have the same peak level in pro tools

thanks to all, probably someone has told me this, but i misunderstood, i thought he was talking about the input fader