Re: OT: portable audio recorders

["d.nix" <d.nix@comcast.net>]

>>  I keep it on the Low sensitivity setting and
> > drop the input volume to 75 from the default of 100. I use none of the
> > internal compression schemes... Occasionally a drum or cymbal spike 
>will
> > cause it to clip, but that is very rare.
> >
>
> er, it's a total waste of time dropping the recording volume to 75.
> The distortion happens in the analog domain, and that vol
> control is digital.
>

All I know is that if I *dont* lower that setting it _digitally_ clips and
distorts, and if I do set it to 75 it does not distort. Therefore it's not 
a
waste of time, regardless...

:-)