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Gear / Technical Help => Recording Gear => Topic started by: Raw data on March 07, 2015, 11:11:03 PM
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Suppose I feed an actress' mono lavalier mic into M10's Line-in.
AFAIK there is no built-in safety track feature on M10, where I could set one channel's level to be say 12dB lower in case she yells.
On the other hand, since I keep Limiter (but not AGC) always engaged, do we even need safety track? I hear you can't overload M10 with Limiter on - is it true?
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the discontinued tascam dr-2d has that "safety" feature.
the sony m10 does not.
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If it has a limiter that is the point to now allow distortion, to only way it could distort is if the microphone were overloaded which usually takes quite a bit. Just set it lower if your worried and them bump it up in post
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I've accidentally recorded peaking at around -24db and had no significant issues bumping it up to -1db. And that was for an acoustic performance where I would suspect the noise floor would be more audible.
If you're in a situation where you can't get a good look at your levels just run them low and you should be fine.
The safety track would be nice, but I don't think I'd ever use it (and I do record >:D on a fairly regular basis). Once you get to know your recorder it's pretty easy to set it pre-show and feel fairly comfortable.
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If it has a limiter that is the point to now allow distortion
Sure, but I'm afraid limiter will sound very flat.
I'll actually try to wire the right channel via the 2-resistor attenuator. The thinking is, the lav is already getting its power via Left channel (tip); so then M10's Right channel could be fed with 1/4 of a mic volume and it should work as a safety track...
I'll try to rewire the lav and test that theory soon.
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On the other hand, since I keep Limiter (but not AGC) always engaged, do we even need safety track? I hear you can't overload M10 with Limiter on - is it true?
First get familiar with the levels your actress and your gear produce; then set levels conservatively.