audio distortions after recording

[Gert van Santen]

Niall Munnelly schreef:
> On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 04:19:26PM +0200, Gert van Santen wrote:
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> My friend Hans (former music-bar) has recorded some live 
>> classical music with a Powerbook 1,5 GHz, 1 GB RAM (I suppose) 
>> and a Focusrite Octa Pre. He finds parts of his recordings are 
>> distorted.
>>
>> I advised: extra RAM, fast external Hard Drive, newest drivers 
>> for OctaPre.
>>
>> What else can he do to prevent this in the future?
> 
> Not sure what you mean by "after recording" in this case.

He didn't hear the distortion in his headphones while recording. 
The headphones were connected to the OctaPre.

> Is it clipping, because the signal is too hot for the mic or
> the mic pre?  

No, because the problem only starts to appear after some time.

Is it "skipping" or zippering caused by ASIO
> overruns, a slow hard drive, something else?

Well, that is what we are trying to find out. He has been stupid 
enough to unsubscribe the bar, so now I have to be his middle man ;-)

BTW: Listen to the att. in my last post.


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