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Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 6:38
AM
Subject: [looper's]OT RE: A>D
>>I don't know of any DAT machine that has
limiting. (That doesn't mean there
aren't
any.)<<
most of the portables I've seen have a limiter. in my view,
they are indispensible on any a>d interface, where the idea is to make the
absolute best of digital's supposedly superior dynamic range. most common
practice amongst pros/broadcasters is to allow 18dB of "headroom" above
reference level (0dBu) in order that the broadcast signal's normal allowance
of +8dBu isn't in any danger of clipping. but analogue systems of any sort are
capable of rendering short duration transients and overshoots far in excess of
this, and the different ways they do it tend to define, to some extent, their
characteristic sound. 1/4" tape is a good example.
my recommendation (and no, I don't get paid by them) is to use
a tc electronics box. doesn't matter which one, so long as it has the limiter
and the A>D converters. most of their units do. just remember to switch out
the multiband effects stages, especially the multiband limiter, unless you
want to use them aswell. multiband limiting is the work of the devil. there,
I've said it.
"the use of separate compressors on individual instruments,
that accompanied the widespread use of multitracks in recording studios, has
done more to damage our listening experiences than any other single
innovation, musical or technical. discuss."
(hint: is the modern drumkit usually heard as a number of
discrete instruments by the person playing it?)
duncan/r.m.i.
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