I think you should send this to Doug. He'll know. +T for sharing. I want to buy a 660. Was a limiter on?
This looks similar to a brickwalling problem I had with the 660. The differance is with yours it's happening on only one phase. I talked to Doug about this after seeing the waveforms below from a Radiators show. His suggestion was to use a combination of the microphone's attenuation and the 660's -20 db attenuation to get 660 to where the recording level is set as high as possible. So, with my 460's -10 db pad, I have the following cominations; 0 db (no atten), -10 db (mic only), -20 db (660 only) and -30 db (mic's and 660). The Radiator's show was recorded with 0 db and my recording levels was set fairly low (~ 9 o'clock). Since then, I'm not defaulting to the -20 db attenuation on the 660.
Also, according to Doug, the type of resistence used in the recording level isn't the cleanest and introduces some level of noise. Having the recording level set high reduces the amount of resistence and thereby reduces the amount of noise.
thanks d5, +t. but i'm not really sure what you mean by "Since then (Rads show), I'm not defaulting to the -20 db attenuation on the 660"...I thought you
were using the internal attenuator? anyway, my levels were set around 3 o'clock originally, but i had to back off as volume increased during the show, and i was at around 1 o'clock by the end of the night. btw, i do have a pair of AT8202 attenuators that i can try, starting with -10db, and then work my way up if I have to, though to be honest i'd rather not have these 4" barrels sticking out the back of the 660...kind of defeats the purpose of having a small rig, but what are ya gonna do...
oh yeah, one thing that's taking some getting used to on the 660 is the dual knob for setting levels. it's a small dial and is a little tricky setting levels if one side is hotter than the other, especially if you have fat fingers (or a good buzz on
). i found i have to grab the outside dial with one set of fingertips and the inside dial with my other fingertips and then tweak the levels. but, i'm sure i'll get used to it.
having said all of this, and as previously reported, this little box sounds friggin'
nice. what an amazing sound coming from such a small box, and for you fellow 16-bit holdouts, it's everything it's reported to be, and more. and for all of you waiting on the ACM PMD671, if it's anything like this box (which I know it will be), you're gonna have a sweet-sounding all-in-one 24-bit box in your possession. Doug Oade works his magic once again
if i can figure out how, i'll try to post some samples from the other night for you all to check out.
peace,
Keith