On Thu, 2012-05-17 at 11:39 -0400, Dom Cassone wrote: > One last question…What does it mean when dump_md displays an Hd: > followed by a number. The number changes, and then the Hd: display > goes away. I was not clipping, although I suspect close to it. The display during recording is generated by the recording utility we use, which is the open source program "sox". "Hd:" means "head room" and indicates how much decibels are still left before clipping. It is only displayed when you are close to clipping. > I am VERY grateful to you for your help! is there any better way to thank you? We have a PayPal donate button in the linux-minidisc Wiki on the front page. see https://wiki.physik.fu-berlin.de/linux-minidisc/doku.php If you feel like donating a small amount of money, feel free to do so. Thanks you for your success report, and kind regards Michael Karcher