DR40 recorded sound is really low

[Paul Cryer]

Hi All

I've had a DR40 for ages and until the last 2 uses it's been fine. But suddenly I'm getting an issue where the levels while recording all look fine, the waveforms after look fine in editing software and the audio meters all are fine but the sound is really, only way to describe it is, sounds like you're a long way from it. It's really weird. It's barely audible yet everything shows it should be fine.

Last night I recorded from a mix desk using an XLR output from Mono Out into the DR40, which was set to Mic input (as Line input didn't show any input coming into the recorder).

I've today factory reset and firmware updated, but have another recording to do tomorrow and could do with it working right!

 

[-mjk-]

If the polarity is reversed on one channel it could be canceling, but the meters would show full playback volume on the individual channels.

 

[Paul Cryer]

Would this be a fault with the DR40?

 

[-mjk-]

Not having used one before, it *should* be a mixer setting. Also, not knowing how you're feeding it audio, it could be a cable issue.

When in doubt, do a factory reset.