Doug Von Gausig <> wrote, Sun, 09 Feb 2003:
>
> You can and should train yourself to listen
> for the true sound of an area. I like to monitor the mic with one earphone,
> then vary the recording level until the sound level is the same from the
> earphone as it is in your bare ear. This will give you a setting that is
> usually far quieter than where you would normally set the level using just
> earphones, but will be a more accurate representation of the actual sound
> level in the environment. You may learn that you are setting the level for
> your recordings unnaturally high, thereby getting abnormally high ambient
> noise. Try it.
Doug, one small point please. Where do you set your volume control for the
one earphone? At the mid-point of the range? Or maximum?
Syd
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