Re: recording rig advice

["Walter Knapp" waltknapp]

Posted by: "Tim Nielsen"

> Rob, am curious what software you're using to look at the
> frequencies, are you using a sonogram or a RTA plugin of some kind?

I rarely listen to a recording without having a real time sonogram
display running. This is particularly true if I'm filtering or otherwise
processing the sound. One should, of course, realize that all the
various displays have their own anomalies often created by the
limitations of the math involved.

If you are trying to do it just by ear you need to realize just how much
your personal sound processing is colored and use some care in trusting
it. And of course take into account not only the sound reproduction gear
but the environment it's in. I use the running sonogram as a check on
what I think I hear.

Walt