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Well, I recorded my first gig and it has turned out not too bad. I set the gain at 15 to start (with AGC - safety) and by the end of the gig it had dropped to 7. There's some distortion during the loud parts but I was using the std. ext. mic that shipped with the iRiver, so I figure investing in a decent mic/battery box will reduce any distortion, and allow me to set the gain lower at the start.The band I was taping varied the set between very loud songs and very quiet ones, so what happens if they start loud (resulting in the gain dropping) and then play quiet songs. Should you just leave the gain low and rely on a quality mic to deal with it? I got a recording from a taper recently where the rec. volume was up and down throughout (prob. a result of agc) and it didn't sound great. I just wondered if most tapers use agc or prefer to fix it manually.Cheers
Well, I recorded my first gig and it has turned out not too bad. I set the gain at 15 to start (with AGC - safety) and by the end of the gig it had dropped to 7. There's some distortion during the loud parts but I was using the std. ext. mic that shipped with the iRiver, so I figure investing in a decent mic/battery box will reduce any distortion, and allow me to set the gain lower at the start.
The band I was taping varied the set between very loud songs and very quiet ones, so what happens if they start loud (resulting in the gain dropping) and then play quiet songs. Should you just leave the gain low and rely on a quality mic to deal with it? I got a recording from a taper recently where the rec. volume was up and down throughout (prob. a result of agc) and it didn't sound great. I just wondered if most tapers use agc or prefer to fix it manually.
Re: AGC Clip Time settings, you recommend 200ms whereas someone on taperssection recommends 1sec, to stop it dropping due to someone clapping for example. When I was recording I split the difference and set it to 600ms - does it make a big difference which sensitivity setting is used?
Re: the st-9100 pre-amp, I see this has a separate control for the gain, is that more of an advantage or do you use the software to set gain? Also is there much advantage to using a pre-amp over a battery box?
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