Klarinet Archive - Posting 000026.txt from 2004/01

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Question about computer/audio editing
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 15:23:11 -0500

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas [mailto:thomas@-----.com]=20
>=20
> >>Nice piece and playing, but the massive distortion proves my point!
>=20
> Thank you :) But the distortion is not just from the=20
> MD........the hall is
> HUGE and was on the empty side due to snow................ =20
> Plus the guy
> doing the recording didn't do much with it. Turned it on and=20
> that was about
> it, and didn't even set the equalizer. Grrrrrr I found out=20
> later he stuck
> the mic on his pocket and then put his coat on!!!!!!!!!!! (this is a
> trombone player for ya, his poor wife, she plays with us......!)
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> Lynn
>

The most important step in recording is setting the gain properly
throughout... With digital recording, the issue isn't with setting the =
gain
high enough to avoid noise (well, at least with good recording setups), =
but
rather making sure you don't go over digital "0." At that point you =
have
complete distortion that cannot easily be removed. The Equalizer has
nothing to do with it. As a matter of fact, an EQ can cause more harm =
than
good- especially in the hands of somebody that doesn't know what they =
are
doing.

--Ben

Benjamin Maas
Freelance Clarinetist and Recording Engineer
Los Angeles, CA
http://www.fifthcircle.com

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