just transferred a DAT master from 19 years ago. levels were running hot so i remember adjusting them down a little bit, but this looks strange for that action.
any idea what is happening here? after the adjustment, the amplitude seems to be locked in a very tight range.
for the record, it was sonic studio mics and a sony tcd-d100.
thanks.
Have you tried normalizing the reduced waveform section to see if it looks the same?
Looks like a limiter was switched in along with the gain adjustment.
Quote from: Ronmac on April 10, 2018, 10:29:54 AM
Have you tried normalizing the reduced waveform section to see if it looks the same?
i did. if i recall, i wasn't seeing the same form as prior the level adjustment. i will look at it again.
Quote from: Gutbucket on April 10, 2018, 10:33:57 AM
Looks like a limiter was switched in along with the gain adjustment.
interesting. i think i had those switches locked with tape so i wouldn't mess with them. plus, i used to run line in. not sure if they would apply??
Looks like brickwalling, but that seems unlikely if you were running line in with Sonics.