Topic: Marantz pmd671 WAV file/form question

[Chimney Top]

here is a picture of a wav file i recorded with the marantz 671 last weekend.  every wav file appears to look compressed or trimmed... it doesn't look right at all...  i have checked the settings, but i must be missing something.  the gain was set ok.  any help is great.

thanks!

[runonce]

Doesnt look too bad - but looks like you may have brickwalled somewhere before reaching max gain...which, if Little Feat is still as loud as they used to be, is entirely possible.

[runonce]

Assuming you had the 671s mic attenuator engaged?

[F.O.Bean]

hmmm, weird.......No pad set or limiter engaged?

[Chimney Top]

all of the settings on top of the recorder were set off, such as ANC, limiter, etc.

maybe i am missing some presets in the digital (led) function?


the previous owner used it for court reporting.  no telling what settings they wanted.

[Chimney Top]

Assuming you had the 671s mic attenuator engaged?

i recorded an acoustic show in a small club and it did the same thing.  so, it wasn't the band...

I compared to another recording of the same show (4 channel schoeps w/ V3) and the sound quality was hardly discernable between the two, but you can tell my recording has a compressed sound.

[runonce]

I cant tell from your responses - was the mic attenuator on or off?

[Chimney Top]

I cant tell from your responses - was the mic attenuator on or off?

95% sure it was set to 'flat'.  the middle setting.

[F.O.Bean]

Yeah it HAD to be some setting. Id triple check the 671 and see whats up, because it wouldve had peaks otherwise

[runonce]

I cant tell from your responses - was the mic attenuator on or off?

95% sure it was set to 'flat'.  the middle setting.

Thats not an option on the Mic Attenuator...

its either 0db or -20db

You should always have the -20db engaged with that unit - acoustic band or otherwise...

[Chimney Top]

I cant tell from your responses - was the mic attenuator on or off?

95% sure it was set to 'flat'.  the middle setting.

Thats not an option on the Mic Attenuator...

its either 0db or -20db

You should always have the -20db engaged with that unit - acoustic band or otherwise...

it is not in front of me right now, but i will take a look at this.

thanks

[andromedanwarmachine]

you've saturated the dynamic range I think- the level at any gig with any mic is going to be really serious- you need the attenuator to "step back" and get a bit of headroom.
Quite an interesting concept though- I recently recorded some short footage with my wife's iPhone (just for a laugh) and converted it with Quicktime Pro so I could import it into ProTools and it looks much the same. Only in this case- there are NO controls to do anything about it and the source (birds in trees) was really quiet.

JimP

[Chimney Top]

-20db setting worked.

 i think the manual level setting got switched to ANC for a recording last night.  Not a big fan of the little plastic cover, but i've learned i need to use it now.

[dlh]

-20db setting worked.

 i think the manual level setting got switched to ANC for a recording last night.  Not a big fan of the little plastic cover, but i've learned i need to use it now.

I started using the little plastic cover.
I replaced the screws with these,
http://mortonmachine.thomasnet.com/item/thumb-screws-metric-thumb-screws/metric-stainless-steel-thumb-screws/41195?
to give me easy access.

(drove me nucking futs trying to find them online)

[F.O.Bean]

+T, thats smartness