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Sony AGC confession

Subject: Sony AGC confession
From: "richpeet" <>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 23:43:44 -0000
For those that are tempted to use the AGC aka ALC (automatic 
recording gain control) of a Sony MD or other recording device.

Here is my confession of sin.  
It did not help and did not save my recording (3 hail marys tossed 
in).

Here is a visual of how it drops the volume to prevent a over 100% 
situation.

(small fast download)
http://home.attbi.com/~richpeet/alc.jpg

and here is what it sounds like.

(larger, 1/2 meg or so download)
http://home.attbi.com/~richpeet/alc.wav

To me the recording is seriously flawed. In support of the alc the 
people that wanted this recording (ie Owls Owner) didn't hear the 
defect.  Doesn't matter if they heard it or not, I still will drive 
the 200 miles to record her (50% chance of being right) right.

For me I am done with AGC




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