Ethan,

Thanks for responding to my post. I will defintely try your suggestion out
on our next test session.

By the way, I play guitar at Caffe Luna Rosa in Delray Beach, Florida where
they purchased 10 of your microtraps. They have done an amazing job reducing
reflections and tightening up the bass throughout the venue. Complaints
about loud music or averall noise have dropped off next to nothing. I have a
few other venues I play for that are gaining interest in installing traps as
well. Hopefully you will get some more orders from the south Florida region
soon.

Thanks again,

Eric Hansen
www.ericguitar.com




"Ethan Winer" ethanw at ethanwiner dot com wrote in message
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Eric,

How do I maintain a good level while avoiding digital overs on such an
explosive technique

The easy answer is you should record at a lower level. Unless you're using
some really old 10- or 12-bit recorder, simply record with an average
level
of -15 or even -20 if that's what it takes to not distort. Even at -20 I'm
pretty sure the ambient noise in the room will be greater than the
residual
noise in the recorder.

Of course, you can patch in a peak limiter to catch the transients and
reduce them by maybe 3-5 dB on the way to the recorder. That buys you only
3-5 dB more headroom, but limiting much more than that will probably
affect
the sound more than you'd like.

--Ethan