4. Re: OLYMPUS LS-10 VS DAT RECORDINGS UPLOADED

["Lou Judson" inaudio]

I believe the gain switch on the H2 is before the convertors. But it
is only low med high...

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On Jun 29, 2008, at 3:43 AM, umashankar wrote:

> i think there is a general conclusion to be drawn with all these
> small low cost flash recorders. none of them have analog gain
> controls! all the control comes after a-d so neither noise or
> overload margin benefit from lowering levels, this is true of zoom
> h2 as well (probably also h4) it makes sense to record wide open
> (as we used to say in analog) and reduce the gain (if needed) by
> padding down the mic or some gain control ahead of the recorder.
> get closer if you want more signal, move away if you are overloading.
> umashankar