
plautus
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hi, listen to this file. What's going on?
btw I got my curtains, gonna check em out soon. And thanx for the detailed answerIf this is the type of stuff you normally record, then why are you even using EQAPO? I’m not knocking free DAW software and plugins, but Audacity has EQ supplied with it. You clearly have not got to grips with your interface settings and levels in the DAW. Rich is totally right here. Adjust the levels on the interface so you never get close to the maximum it can handle. Remember that if it causes any distortion, nothing you can do will fix that. If you dont distort there, but get close, your DAW should not show anything odd. If you cannot be bothered to fix it we cannot help you. Anyway, all you have to do is load the last recording, delete the data and keep any settings? That is so simple? If your studio means mics and volume levels are constantly fiddled with, the. Doing a setup and reset every time is normal. In mine, I never adjust levels. I walk in, sit down, turn on, press record. Nowadays, with decent interfaces and software, if you mess up and a recording accidentally gets recorded so the peaks are half way down the LED scale, you just fix it!
One of the regular things I record is a variable level, and often a bit low. I do NOT want it compressed, but I add one to cubase on the input, with it set to no compression, and turn up the makeup gain knob, to make it higher. It works fine. No hiss, no distortion. No big deal.
Sometimes like Rich said, something you do is wrong and you get that really nasty result where big spikes that swing across from top to bottom happen. In my video studio is a Tascam interface I use occasionally, in the office. A condenser mic, too close in with a teeny bit too much gain can cause it to spike like that. The average level is maybe a bit low, but if I lean in a tiny bit, the mic picks up the blast and it crunches. The cure is to move away a bit, and add gain later.
I echo the final comment. Fix it, or live with it. Dont expect the computer to do it for you.