Recent content by Ryan Teasnob

Looking at stats for the RODE NT-USB+, it says "Dynamic Range @10% THD - 97dB." It also says "Input SPL @10% THD - 118.0dB (as per IEC 60268)." What does that mean? I know THD is "total harmonic distortion." And in general that's not a good thing. But I don't really understand what "Dynamic...

I never thought too much about this before. But now I'm curious :-P. Audio recording interface units are always touting the quality of the preamplifiers. But when looking at the definition of "preamp," You usually see something like "microphones have low level signals that need to be boosted to...

Thanks for the tips!

First of all, I do use monitor speakers primarily. But sometimes I need headphones. And it seems most of them have bumps and dips at certain frequencies. If I am trying to correct some known frequency response issues in headphones, it would seem I'd need to insert an EQ before I hear the audio...

Thanks again everyone! I'm going to look into the Reaper method you mentioned, as that is my DAW of choice. And as some suggested, I am quite familiar with automation envelopes for use AFTER the vocal is printed. I was just wondering about another possibility though. I've ordered a CloudLifter...

Thanks for the tips, everyone! Some good stuff. Just to clarify, 90+% of my recordings are done with nothing applied on the way in. Standard reasoning - why print an effect onto audio that you're stuck with in the mix, when you can just apply everything in the mix? It's just that SOMETIMES there...

That would certainly work. But yeah. I'm wondering if there is a way to do it while still using my current interface rather than replacing it.

Thanks. So how do you do that? What is your vocal chain? I assume you have, say, a mic preamp going into a compressor, then going into a standard interface? Or something like that?

I don't normally need it either. But I have song that starts off with a kind of intimate, quiet vocal, and then it build to an all-out scream/belt in the chorus. When levels are correct for the verses they are too high for the chorus. Right now my only option is to sing the verses at one input...

How do people typically apply limiting and/or compression while tracking? In this day and age where most folks record into an interface, I'm unsure how to do it. Would you have to have a separate preamp feeding a hardware compressor/limiter, which THEN feeds the recording interface? Thanks!

Thanks for those replies! Kind of what I was thinking. I don't actually have an electronic crossover. I was just making sure if I should get one or not. And it wouldn't be helpful, I don't think, to try to high-pass the speakers because the music being amplified at this venue is all acoustic -...

I believe I already know the answer to this, but I thought I'd get a sanity check. If I am stuck working with a venue's wound system that only has 2 "2-way" speakers (Peavey PV 112 speakers), is there any point in using an electronic crossover to help divide up the high frequencies and low...

Thanks. I have not made any changes to the computer in any way. Also, I hooked up a MicPort interface to the Dell (a desktop) and did NOT get that noise, which would lead one to believe it is the Focusrite. But then I hooked the Focusrite to my MacBook Air and did NOT get the noise. So that...

I just noticed a new noise in my recordings. It's quite low-level but definitely audible in headphones It's a low frequency noise that sounds like a steady helicopter or propellor sound. Any idea if this is a "standard" type of noise? This is a brand new computer (as of Sep) - A Dell Inspiron...

Thanks! That's what I was thinking. Just wanted to confirm. Cheers!