Question: recording live musicians / clipped audio

[Gert van Santen]

Guys,

I just had Hans visiting me for coffee 
(Hans is Dif, who was once on this 
list), and he was talking about a 
problem he has when recording classical 
music.

This music can often be very dynamic. 
The chance of clipping and distortion is 
huge, or you must go for recording on a 
low volume, which is bad for the sound 
quality (low dynamics) as well.

A good solution would be integrated 
limiters in your audio interface, but he 
has an Edirol thing, which doesn't 
support that.

So I was wondering: how do you guys make 
sure your audio doesn't get digitally 
clipped - apart from recording on a low 
volume?
Is there some easy, not too expensive 
solution, perhaps with software?
Please keep in mind that Hans wants to 
be able to record 4 or 5 tracks 
simultaneously.

Thanks!
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:-)

G e r t  v a n  S a n t e n
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