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Just curious about practical use -maybe I'm overthinking this and I might be using the ZOOM F3 for an upcoming project. Does the interface avoid clipping during recording by scaling the gain and conversion—resulting in "auto-gain" rides? Or does the file get normalized after the record pass so that the maximum level is some predetermined level (below clipping)? Or do you import the file at 32-bit float to a DAW and then scale the gain to lower peaks below 0 dBFS? Or do you just set the input level to something like -50 dBFS and let the box do its thing and just gain up the file later? I guess I should download the ZOOM and SoundDevices user guides to get this info...

[QUOTE="kags, post: 1152298, member: 75723"] Just curious about practical use -maybe I'm overthinking this and I might be using the ZOOM F3 for an upcoming project. Does the interface avoid clipping during recording by scaling the gain and conversion—resulting in "auto-gain" rides? Or does the file get normalized after the record pass so that the maximum level is some predetermined level (below clipping)? Or do you import the file at 32-bit float to a DAW and then scale the gain to lower peaks below 0 dBFS? Or do you just set the input level to something like -50 dBFS and let the box do its thing and just gain up the file later? I guess I should download the ZOOM and SoundDevices user guides to get this info... [/QUOTE]

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