In Reply to: Re: OK Christine, but I think you are right posted by Eric LeRouge on June 24, 2004 at 08:44:33:
Sounds good. I'm currently experimenting with comparing my recordings of LPs with their CD, SACD and DVD-A equivalents, and will have some interesting results to post soon too!I would strongly encourage you to build or buy a gain control, if you can.
To give you some sort of perspective on the difference it will make, look at it purely from a resolution/dynamic range perspective.
From memory, your soundcard has a dynamic range of around 117dB. That corresponds to a resolution of around 19.5 bits - very good and pretty close to state of the art.
In contrast, my soundcard has a dynamic range of 102dB - corresponding to a resolution of 17 bits (hardly better than 16 bits!).
However, if you record at -14dB FS, you will lose the extra resolution and bring your card down to a dynamic range of 103dB - around 17 bits. In other words, by not using a gain control and not setting gain optimally, you have reduced the resolution of your sound card to the same resolution as my sound card.
So I don't agree that not using a gain control and adjusting/normalizing after the recording doesn't make a difference. (that's a triple negative!) It makes all the difference in the world.
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Follow Ups
- Re: OK Christine, but I think you are right - Christine Tham 14:26:47 06/24/04 (2)
- Re: OK Christine, but I think you are right - Eric LeRouge 11:22:24 06/25/04 (1)
- Re: OK Christine, but I think you are right - Christine Tham 16:55:33 06/25/04 (0)