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Re: Setting on Olympus LS-12 with AT2022 microphone

Subject: Re: Setting on Olympus LS-12 with AT2022 microphone
From: madl74
Date: Tue Apr 21, 2015 5:59 am ((PDT))
>  I used it yesterday with the gain on the recorder set to "hi" and the le=
vel set to 40. Would it be better to set the gain to "mid"?
>  thanks for the help.

Tom,


What does it sound like switched each way once you have adjusted the final=

levels to be the same?

As a general rule, it is better to get the input signal level as high as
practical as early in the chain as possible provided that nothing overloads=
.
That way the amplifier hiss is more masked.

With all digital recorders, there is a built in limiter to avoid overload.=

(on tape this was done by the tape itself) On a sound editor you can see
this on the waveform.

Much music has gone through a limiter anyway, a sound we have got used to,=

but with birdsong, this is not optimised. The problem is with the recovery=

period immediately after any limiter action, which leaves a "hole" after a=

sharp peak.

Identify this peak point and adjust your levels so the recording peaks well=

below that. You can pull up a digital recording 20dB or more without a
problem, so aim high(ish) on the input chain and low on the recording.

David Brinicombe








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