Topic: smoothing out volume fluctuations?

[pfife]

Thanks Marc-  I've actually been doing that manually, basically... not w/ much success though, cause I still hear it, or end up introducing new problems.... its nice to learn about that function though! 

I agree about the hot mics- the tl's usually don't have to be turned up as loud as they did this evening, cause the show volume was quieter than normal...

oh well, live and learn.  I need an SVU.

[ChrisV]

Since I've had my ua-5 I've had 3 different sets of mics.  The first were rode nt-5's and they are a VERY hot signal.  I usually had my levels set around 10 o'clock and they were easy to manipulate, after that was akg 391's and they have a low output.  My dial with thoes was usually at about 2 o'clock and extreemly touchy.  Now I have SP c-4's and they are a little hotter than the AKG's but still pretty touchy.  From my experience the higher the knobs are up, the more touchy the levels are.  However, with an outboard meter and a semi-sober hand it is easy to adjust.
     In this regard a mic with a hotter output is a better match for the ua-5.  I really don't like the touchy knobs, and having a ballance knob and a gain knob would be a better scenario IMO.

Matt

Yeah, definitely...because with my Lux's I guess they must be very low signal mics because I pretty much run near 3 o'clock on average...sometimes as high as 4, low as 1.

Is there an envelope function in Wavelab too?   That looks very handy.

[Roamer]

Interesting explanation from leegeddy. This look like the Volume / Shape effect in Goldwave if I'm correct.