Help!!!!!!!!! I'm a newbie!

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crimp said:
Sorry dude, I didn't mean to throw you off! I'll try a new post. I sincerely appreciate all your help!!! BTW - which forum would be best to post this in, or is this one OK.
Greg
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No Problem Man.

Post your questions in this one.

Peace
Malcolm
 
If you have a limiter (either hardware or software) you can make your CD's as loud as any commercial CD's.

The drawback is reduced dynamic range: less difference between the loudest and sopftest parts of the music. In a lot of pop music these days that doesn't seem to matter as much as if you were doing classical or jazz. Just be aware that the harder you hit the limiter the more dynamically squashed the track will sound.
 
Hey man...I'm still fairly new to recording too but I do know what has worked for me and I don't have any problems with levels at all so take my advice with a grain of salt.

My chain is: Mic/Mic-pre/Compressor/Recorder.

I just wonder if you move your chain around a bit if it would make a differnce. I don't know anything about the Tascam units but you could always try it. Like I said, I just know what has worked for me.

God Bless!
 
littledog said:
If you have a limiter (either hardware or software) you can make your CD's as loud as any commercial CD's.

The drawback is reduced dynamic range: less difference between the loudest and sopftest parts of the music. In a lot of pop music these days that doesn't seem to matter as much as if you were doing classical or jazz. Just be aware that the harder you hit the limiter the more dynamically squashed the track will sound.
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Thanks guys - yes, I have the limiter from CEP2 but I also have T-Racks which has a limiter.... I just don't know quite how to use it! Got any settings or suggestions to use with the T-Racks?
 
JesusFreak said:
Hey man...I'm still fairly new to recording too but I do know what has worked for me and I don't have any problems with levels at all so take my advice with a grain of salt.

My chain is: Mic/Mic-pre/Compressor/Recorder.

I just wonder if you move your chain around a bit if it would make a differnce. I don't know anything about the Tascam units but you could always try it. Like I said, I just know what has worked for me.

God Bless!
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Thanks for the reply - the problem with moving my chain around is, my mic pre's are built into the Tascam, so I can't move them. Let me ask another question. I could move my chain by recording w/o the compressor, and then using the onboard compressor when mixing down. Making my chain Mic/Pre/Recorder/Compressor. But because there are so many transient spikes in my tracks which cause clipping, wouldn't I have to turn down even more since my compressor is not in the chain to cut off these peaks? See my thinking was that I was having to record quieter because of the peaks, so I figured if I used a compressor in my chain, this would smooth out these peaks, allowing me to record louder. Is this correct thinking or not? Thanks dude!
Greg
 
crimp said:
Thanks for the reply - the problem with moving my chain around is, my mic pre's are built into the Tascam, so I can't move them. Let me ask another question. I could move my chain by recording w/o the compressor, and then using the onboard compressor when mixing down. Making my chain Mic/Pre/Recorder/Compressor. But because there are so many transient spikes in my tracks which cause clipping, wouldn't I have to turn down even more since my compressor is not in the chain to cut off these peaks? See my thinking was that I was having to record quieter because of the peaks, so I figured if I used a compressor in my chain, this would smooth out these peaks, allowing me to record louder. Is this correct thinking or not? Thanks dude!
Greg
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Back to one of my earlier posts,,, Use the pressor to get rid of the spikes after you have tracked. Just think,,, If you can get rid of them before recording,, you can get rid of the after.. But using the after process you can work with it better,, using it before you track means whats done is done. No turning back. Get a good clean signal to tracking first,,, then tweek on it.

Malcolm
 
Yeah, it makes sense now that I think about it. If I use it after, then I can clean the waveform up, and amplify it then. When the compressor cleans up the spikes, I can then amplify it more than if the spikes were there. Makes sense!
Greg
 
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