Yea, your right. It's not really a limiter at all. Ever since PC 'sound car=
ds' progressed beyond inverting the digits at full count, we'd expect a rec=
ording to 'flat line' even without a 'limiter'.
Either my SONY PCM-M10 is faulty, or that's the facts.
norman.
--- In Peter Shute <> wrote:
>
> Flat lining at 0dB doesn't really count as limiting, does it? Isn't that =
what should happen if there's no limiting enabled? Or if you've exceeded th=
e 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=
one snapping twig near the mic would mean the whole recording is reduced b=
y 12dB. I must test it out though.
>
> Peter Shute
>
> >
> > 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.
> >
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