automatic gain control while recording?

[peter]

I would like to set up an un-attended laptop to record a show.

Is there any software for windows that has automatic gain control or limiter
functionality while recording in real time? Or any other heuristic that
mimics a human operator?

I have used audacity, goldwave, audition. None of them has agc or limiter in
real time recording.

[Abemeister]

If you are recording an external source you may want to try this
device:

http://www.audiovox.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10001&productId=14166&langId=-1

On Jan 25, 12:48 pm, "peter" > wrote:
> I would like to set up an un-attended laptop to record a show.
>
> Is there any software for windows that has automatic gain control or limiter
> functionality while recording in real time? Or any other heuristic that
> mimics a human operator?
>
> I have used audacity, goldwave, audition. None of them has agc or limiter in
> real time recording.

[Scott Dorsey]

In article <K36uh.18493$8P.5311@trndny05>, peter > wrote:
>I would like to set up an un-attended laptop to record a show.
>
>Is there any software for windows that has automatic gain control or limiter
>functionality while recording in real time? Or any other heuristic that
>mimics a human operator?
>
>I have used audacity, goldwave, audition. None of them has agc or limiter in
>real time recording.

With 24 bits of dynamic range, why do you need to do it in recording?
Just get a nice quiet preamp and good converters. Ask the band for the
loudest sound they can make, and set that for -12 dBFS. Then go do
whatever you need to do.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

[Richard Crowley]

"Scott Dorsey" wrote ...
> peter wrote:
>>I would like to set up an un-attended laptop to record a show.
>>
>>Is there any software for windows that has automatic gain control or
>>limiter
>>functionality while recording in real time? Or any other heuristic that
>>mimics a human operator?
>>
>>I have used audacity, goldwave, audition. None of them has agc or limiter
>>in
>>real time recording.
>
> With 24 bits of dynamic range, why do you need to do it in recording?
> Just get a nice quiet preamp and good converters. Ask the band for the
> loudest sound they can make, and set that for -12 dBFS. Then go do
> whatever you need to do.

Indeed, this is exactly how I do multi-track recordings
of groups in which I am one of the performers.

[peter]

"Scott Dorsey" > wrote in message
...
>
> With 24 bits of dynamic range, why do you need to do it in recording?
> Just get a nice quiet preamp and good converters. Ask the band for the
> loudest sound they can make, and set that for -12 dBFS. Then go do
> whatever you need to do.

That's a good idea. I'll try.