tape overload is always much better than digital overload !!
Gianni
2014-06-26 0:45 GMT+02:00 Dan Dugan [naturerecordists] <
>:
>
>
> Secrets of the trade. Tape saturation was valuable for that effect.
>
> Reminds me of a codger tale:
>
> There was a Mercury Living Presence recording of the Tchaikovski 1812
> Overture that had tracks of the sound effects (cannons and bells) on the =
B
> side. That was for me a source of the best cannon shot for theatrical use
> for many years. Boom!
>
> Imagine my anticipation when it was announced that it had been re-recorde=
d
> in stereo! I was very disappointed when I got the record. Crack. It seems
> that the engineers had recorded the cannon "right," that is, they hadn't
> let it overload. Useless for dramatic purposes.
>
> What's important in an explosive sound is the return from the environment=
.
> The initial pulse is so much higher in level that if you record it right,
> the environment is lost many tens of decibels down.
>
> Same for door slams.
>
> -Dan
>
>
> On Jun 25, 2014, at 11:40 AM, [naturerecordists] <
> > wrote:
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> >
> >> 1) Use the S/N 100db feature for quiet ambient recordings.
> >
> > Clive,
> >
> > Yes, but keep the peak level low as you will lose nothing by bringing i=
t
> up
> > later. I'm still analysing some test recordings. and the noise level
> seems
> > to be very low.
> >
> >> 2) For recordings such as thunderstorms then switch to the Noise
> limiter option instead.
> >
> > No. Limiters leave a hole after a peak which sounds naff. Thunder is on=
e
> of
> > few sounds which sound better distorted. If you don't believe me, try
> it.
> >
> > The same applies to recording gunshots. Years ago I used a miniature
> Nagra
> > tape recorder which had a very fast limiter for gunshots and they came
> out
> > like popcorn, followed by a pause, then a rush of echoes. The classic
> > gunshot sound is "kshew kshew" which is obtained by a large amount of
> > distortion.
> >
> >
> > David Brinicombe
> >
> >
> >
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> > Posted by:
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> >
> > "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
> > sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Kraus=
e.
> >
> >
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