Re: What gain do you use with dynamic mics? was Re: Argument against room noise?



On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:29:13 -0700, "Igor (t4a)" <t4a@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Thank you very much, Mike, I work on the problem, believe me.

After thinking some more I realized that I can even rephrase the
problem to the following question:

What gain setting do you use when you record someone with an RE-20 (or
some other dynamic mic).

Maybe the answer to this question can shed some light on the problem.
Do you actually run pre-amps at 60 dB gain and higher gains getting
signals with peaks at -9dB and less?

Thanks again.

Best wishes,
Igor

Remember that the gain comes in two parts, which must be added
together. First is the gain you dial into the preamp. Next is whatever
normalization gain you use in the DAW to remove all the headroom you
allowed in making the recording.

d

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