"Don Pearce" wrote in message


The Samson mic has a maximum SPL of 136dB. Assuming the
girls were speaking at 80dB, that leaves 56dB to make up
in software to achieve full scale. More worrying perhaps,
dividing 56 by six, that is 9 of the 16 bits unused. So
it is effectively using a 7-bit ADC. That makes for a
considerable noise floor.


The C03 apparently has a mic preamp gain control that operates via a special
application that comes with the mic.

From the user manual:

"The C03U has an onboard, digitally controlled analog INPUT GAIN stage which
is
controlled by the C03U software fader. The fader control provides a range of
gain
from -62 to +48 dB."