Flat lining at 0dB doesn't really count as limiting, does it? Isn't that wh=
at should happen if there's no limiting enabled? Or if you've exceeded the =
range of the limiter, which appears to be 12dB.
I've never tried it, because if it works like it was described to me then o=
ne snapping twig near the mic would mean the whole recording is reduced by =
Message: 12dB.
Subject: I must test it out though.
Peter Shute
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of NormanD
> Sent: Tuesday, 14 May 2013 7:59 AM
> To:
> Subject: [Nature Recordists] Re: iRig output to stereo
> mini-jack at two different levels
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> My own experience with my M10, when studying the results on a
> computer screen, is that the limiter only seems to flat line
> the signal at zero dB.
>
> In fact, I've heard some serious distortion while using the
> limiter. The kind of distortion you hear when there is more
> than a tiny amount of flat lining.
>
> As limiters go, it's not much use if the incoming signal
> peaks more than just a tiny bit over par. I'd recommend to
> anyone working with hot signals that they think about using
> an external stage with analog dynamic control.
>
> Obviously, I'm not really talking about outdoor nature
> recording, which for 99% of the time should be kept at a safe
> distance below 0dB, if only to preserve the steady state of ambiance.
>
> norman.
>
> --- In
> <naturerecordists%40yahoogroups.com> , Peter Shute
> <> wrote:
> >
> > I read somewhere that the M10's limiter records to a second
> buffer at a lower level, and rescues the recording by
> reducing the whole lot and splicing in the lower level
> recording where it clipped. I think it gives you 12dB of
> protection. Does anyone know for sure, and whether the end
> result is the same as recording at a lower level?
> >
> > Peter Shute
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > On 14/05/2013, at 12:23 AM, "ben_micklem"
> <<>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > However, the DR-40 has a really nice dual-level recording feature,
> > where it takes one input channel and converts to digital at two
> > different levels, one attenuated by 8-16 dB (IIRC), to
> enable you to
> > rescue clipped parts of a recording. I was wondering
> whether there is
> > a way to do this in hardware with the Sony M10.___i
> >
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