Can anybody help in understanding the attenuation function on my
Portadisc. How does it work, what does it do and what is the optimum
setting? I can hear how it works through my headphones, of course,
but I'm not entirely sure whether I should be going for more or less
attenuation.
Many thanks,
Geoff Carey
--- In Walter Knapp <>
wrote:
> From: "artistico7"
>
> > I will definitely look it up again. I glanced a bit on a demo
> > version a while back, but didn't notice any sampled noise
reduction.
> > Perhaps it's only in newer versions of the software package? If
it
> > works well, that feature alone might be worth the entire $300,
> > although the microphones one might get for $300 may make me want
to
> > reconsider...
> >
> > In any case, I will be getting a lower-noise microphone. Noise
> > reduction will probably work better on the flute tracks than on
> > ambient sound recordings, so for the latter, I will definitely
need
> > lower noise to start with.
> >
>
> The noise reduction software can be used for fairly minor noise
> reduction. It will not come at all close to a good recording made
with a
> good low noise mic. Noise reduction software introduces it's own
noise
> too. It can only be applied very lightly.
>
> Go for as good a mic as you can afford, get close enough that you
don't
> have to use a lot of gain, and work on technique. You make the
recording
> by the time it's fed to the recorder. The rest is minor changes.
>
> Even recording with Sennheiser MKH mics there are times I wish I
had
> even better mics.
>
> My estimate is the highest quality minidisc recordings will be
made with
> the HHb Portadisc, even better than HiMD as currently offered. The
> critical issue in minidisc sound quality is not the compression,
it's
> the input electronics. And, if working with a walkman style, the
output.
> A professional piece of equipment like the Portadisc is so much
better
> in many ways.
>
> Hard disc has it's own issues. Not all positive. The various mp3
players
> evolved into recorders even more so. Especially for field
recording.
>
> Walt
>
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