"Bit-perfect" DSD output with gain in Korg AudioGate Options

[tahaa7]

Hi everyone,

Just a quick question: if I set a gain (negative), say -3dB in Korg AudioGate while playing a .dff file, will the output still be "bit-perfect" (or of the same quality, if you will) or will AudioGate degrade the signal quality because of the gain?

The reason I'm asking this is because with the gain set to 0, I get clipping at the output. At first, I assumed this was due to bad mastering and compression, but apparently with the DSD-to-PCM conversion, this may not be the only reason, due to the sheer nature of the DSD recording.

Thanks.

P.S.: I'm using an ASIO driver. AudioGate is set to PCM sampling rate of 192kHz.

This post has been edited by tahaa7: Nov 21 2011, 22:42

[Wombat]

As i understand this you never had "Bit-Perfect" output. Applying a gain of any kind shouldn´t be a problem at all. The main problem will be how Korg translates the DSD data to PCM.
Normaly DSD should be mastered more silent so if it clips i wonder if Korg already applies a gain.

This post has been edited by db1989: Nov 22 2011, 11:43

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