Zoom H6
Mike Rivers wrote:
On 9/28/2013 10:49 PM, Gary Eickmeier wrote:
Did you note the simultaneous -12 dB track just in case you went
overboard on the gain? Like, brilliant.
That's a fairly common feature of handheld recorders these days.
Brilliant is how the Sony PCM-D50 handles "overs." It's always recording
a backup stereo track 10 dB or so below the primary recording.. When it
detects an overload, it automatically replaces the overloaded portion
with the backup track and normalizes it so that it goes to full scale,
but not clipped. It's the perfect limiter. I wish they could put it in a
box with analog inputs and outputs.
Just out of interest, does it do the trick by just reducing the digital
output from the ADC or does it have an analogue signal path with levels
10dB below the one in use? From your phrasing, I'd guess the latter, but
my cynic's hat says otherwise.
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Tciao for Now!
John.
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