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Re: automatic gain control

Subject: Re: automatic gain control
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Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 16:19:58 EST
In a message dated 1/8/03 12:58:02 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
 writes:


> Some recordists even make perfectly fine 
> recordings using Sony's automatic gain control, where the minidisc 
> automatically varies the levels.  I think what this means is that the 
> levels don't vary much from the original setting. 
> 

I used to love automatic gain control until I started analyzing the 
recordings on waveform or spectral view. Then you see the background sounds 
going up and down as the bird sings loudly and stops. The machine is varying 
the volume as the bird sings. Really an irritating result. My advice is DO 
NOT use automatic gain control. 

 
John
John V. Moore Nature Recordings



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