[ddots-l] Re: Sonar's peek meters vs. hardware levels.

  • From: "Phil Muir" <ddots@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:35:43 -0000

Sounds like your overloading the microphone. Which mic ar you using when recording? 


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----- Original Message ----- From: "John Schucker" <gwynn@xxxxxxx> 
To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 4:24 AM
Subject: [ddots-l] Sonar's peek meters vs. hardware levels.
OK, in my quest to understand just how in the world to set audio levels, I have the following.
I turn input echo on. I talk into the mic. I get a level of let's say -13.5, I forget exactly. I then play a flute into the mic, fairly short sharp bursts of high sound, because I figure that's where it'll peek. Mic obviously distorts. Levels on Sonar's peek meter are now at -6.9. In case the hardware matters I'm using a Behringer, I believe the eurorack 1204.
Shouldn't I not be getting distortion at -6.9? i'd really appreciate it if maybe somebody could get together with me on skype and explain some levels, or here of course. If there's a decent tutorial about it I'll take that too, although recording stuff seems to mostly be about guitars and seems fairly visual. I think it's pretty clear I'm not getting something right though. 
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