What's the catch ?

[Martin Naef]

Hi Gert

Gert van Santen wrote:
>> I don't. My recordings were always straight into the interface. While I 
>> tend to leave the limiter of these on just in case, I make sure that I 
>> stay well below the 0dB limit. Noise from the converters and their 
>> dynamic range is simply a non-issue these days, even for classical 
>> recordings that are very dynamic - so I just stay within a generous 
>> safety margin (typically -12dB or more) and do all the compression and 
>> EQing in post-production. I really don't see the point of using a 
>> compressor while recording, unless it's part of a signal chain (e.g. 
>> analogue voice channel) resulting  in a desirable coloration of the 
>> sound that's hard to achieve afterwards.
> 
> I see. What interface (audio) are you using btw?

When I'm outside the studio, I borrow the Edirol R4-Pro 4-channel 
recorder from the office. The majority of recording there were made with 
the Soundfield mic that comes with its own 4-channel pre-amp. I've also 
done some voice-over recently where I plugged an AKG C1000 straight into it.

In the studio, I'm using the TC Goldchannel as pre-amp and A/D 
converter, that then goes into the MOTU system using S/PDIF.

Martin