Terence,
What I do is turn the gain and fader up full, which as you say is noisy,
then back off the gain a bit until it goes quiet again. If you think of the
gain knob as a clock face, it travels from about 7 O'clock (low) to 5
O'clock (full). I think about 4 O'clock is as high as I go. After that
adjust the fader to suit the levels. But if the levels are still to high
then turn the gain down to 3 O'clock or less if needed.
You should set the gain at a point where you are happy to turn up the fader
to full without adding any noise. There is no point in having a high gain
setting and turning the fader down to get the level right because you will
have degraded the audio.
Hope that helps,
Mike
>Hi all,
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>My current setup is a SD302 to a PCM-d50 and using a Sennheiser MKH-418s o=
r Rode NT-1. My question is:
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>When recording quiet ambient landscapes, what would be the best way (or yo=
ur own method) to set the levels for this using the 302s gain and fader?
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>The area is so quiet that it barely registers on the 302 meters and if i t=
urn the fader or gain up a bit i start getting noticeable noise from the pr=
eamps. Any suggestions?
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>Thanks!
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>Terence
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