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Gear / Technical Help => Recording Gear => Topic started by: Dede2002 on July 03, 2007, 09:21:45 PM
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Hi,
What is the lowest recording levels ( 24 bit ) to run a R-09 and not have to bother with Noise Floor when amplifing/normalizing? I'm a HLSC-1 user and always go with the Line input.
Thanks in advance ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Hi Sergio my man :),
I would choose input level 8("unity gain") and make the needed gain with an external preamp, that´s what I will try this Friday at www.lovelydays.at .
best regards
Arni
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Hi Sergio my man :),
I would choose input level 8("unity gain") and make the needed gain with an external preamp, that´s what I will try this Friday at www.lovelydays.at .
best regards
Arni
Yes, that's a good idea. But assuming I'll not buy new gear in the near future, there must be another way to go. I do not tape acoustic/quiet music, I mostly tape blues, blues/rock and some jazz.
Hey, Arni: what about the DPAs? ;D
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Hi Sergio my man :),
I would choose input level 8("unity gain") and make the needed gain with an external preamp, that´s what I will try this Friday at www.lovelydays.at .
best regards
Arni
Yes, that's a good idea. But assuming I'll not buy new gear in the near future, there must be another way to go. I do not tape acoustic/quiet music, I mostly tape blues, blues/rock and some jazz.
Hey, Arni: what about the DPAs? ;D
You should be able to run DPA mics 4060 series from your R-09 with out any issues... I have. I would say that your better off getting more sensitive mics if you dont want to get a preamp the only issues are as the sensitivity increase so does your likelihood of distortion...
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I´m still WAITING for my DPA4061s to arrive........
Hope I´ll get them today or tomorrow so I can use them at www.lovelydays.at .
waiting....... :-[
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Let me be more specific. Last night I went to this organ trio type music concert. Only when I got there I realized that the show was to be taped for a DVD. In other words, the sound level was way lower than the usual. The security guy was standing like 3 feet from my seat. No chance for me to switch to Mic In ( I was using Line In), set levels again etc. I ended up with a very nice sounding tape, but peaking around 12db, ocasionally touching the 6db ( two or three times max). That's why I'm asking if it's safe for me to just normalize the whole thing.Any help? ;)
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Well, normalize it and see how it sounds. Just don't delete your original files, in case you aren't happy with the results.
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normalizing your file will also normalize the original noise floor, so I would try to run a denoiser BEFORE you normalize it. ;)
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If running 24 bit, then -12 dB lower recording level is not bad on post-normalized resolution, and yes, noise will decrease a bit with normalizations, but for most venues with loud continuous program, audible enough noise or need to process for using quality-challenging post processing likely not needed.
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If running 24 bit, then -12 dB lower recording level is not bad on post-normalized resolution, and yes, noise will decrease a bit with normalizations, but for most venues with loud continuous program, audible enough noise or need to process for using quality-challenging post processing likely not needed.
Thanks a lot Guysonic. But I'm not sure if I'm following you. Noise will decrease or increase with normalization? I was under the impression the noise will certainly increase. Pardon my lack of proper knowledge ;)
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If running 24 bit, then -12 dB lower recording level is not bad on post-normalized resolution, and yes, noise will decrease a bit with normalizations, but for most venues with loud continuous program, audible enough noise or need to process for using quality-challenging post processing likely not needed.
Thanks a lot Guysonic. But I'm not sure if I'm following you. Noise will decrease or increase with normalization? I was under the impression the noise will certainly increase. Pardon my lack of proper knowledge ;)
You're right, I should have said 'noise performance will decrease with normalizations." Pardon my lack of proof reading!
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If running 24 bit, then -12 dB lower recording level is not bad on post-normalized resolution, and yes, noise will decrease a bit with normalizations, but for most venues with loud continuous program, audible enough noise or need to process for using quality-challenging post processing likely not needed.
Thanks a lot Guysonic. But I'm not sure if I'm following you. Noise will decrease or increase with normalization? I was under the impression the noise will certainly increase. Pardon my lack of proper knowledge ;)
You're right, I should have said 'noise performance will decrease with normalizations." Pardon my lack of proof reading!
No problem ;D.