Possible to brickwall even though levels are way low..??

[BigRay]

see my post below this thread and the attached sample... on my recording device...i was WAAAY below 0db...yet still got this crackle/snap sound...so y question is it possible to brickwall without hitting Odb...is there something special about choral voices together that wreaks havoc on gear??I am at a loss...anything above a whisper on the choral stuff....TONS of crackle...WTF???

 

[dgatwood]

see my post below this thread and the attached sample... on my recording device...i was WAAAY below 0db...yet still got this crackle/snap sound...so y question is it possible to brickwall without hitting Odb...is there something special about choral voices together that wreaks havoc on gear??I am at a loss...anything above a whisper on the choral stuff....TONS of crackle...WTF???

I replied in your other thread. My guess is a gain staging problem---too high a preamp input level on the board (probably the top row of trim pots or near the top of the back side of the mixer), too low a main fader level.