Comments on: Sine Language – episode 088 http://www.audio2u.com/?p=732 The home of quality podcasts Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:02:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Erk http://www.audio2u.com/?p=732&cpage=1#comment-12635 Erk Thu, 29 May 2008 10:08:02 +0000 http://www.audio2u.com/?p=732#comment-12635 G'day Bruce I've recently found SL and BTP and have been going back through previous episodes. I do a couple of podcasts (Erk Pod and Erk to the Diary Room) and have been podcasting for a year. But I am still learning. Recently I heard on another podcast about a compressor and then I went to my local Sound store where I have brought a few things and had a listen to what a compressor can do. So for the last couple of episodes I've been running a compressor and the sound has been good. However last night, I recorded an episode and did my sound checks and everything. I trusted my ears and it sounded good through the cans. However when I edited it, I was way too hot and the waveform was almost totally green. So I am presuming that this was too much compression and/or gain. Needless to say, that episode's audio was passable but not to the standard of the previous 2 episodes. I did the best I could to rescue the audio but what would be a good fix if that happened again (I am using Audition 3)? So is it better when doing a soundcheck to totally ignore what I am hearing and rely on lights like those on my mixer and compressor? I would be tempted to take off the cans while doing the soundcheck but I have to worry about my co-host's levels and those of guests (up to 2) as well as mine so I should probably have the cans on. Cheers, Bruce! Thanks in advance for your help. Erk Erk Pod: "all Erk, all the time ..... and then some!" http://www.erkpod.com.au G’day Bruce

I’ve recently found SL and BTP and have been going back through previous episodes.

I do a couple of podcasts (Erk Pod and Erk to the Diary Room) and have been podcasting for a year. But I am still learning.

Recently I heard on another podcast about a compressor and then I went to my local Sound store where I have brought a few things and had a listen to what a compressor can do.

So for the last couple of episodes I’ve been running a compressor and the sound has been good. However last night, I recorded an episode and did my sound checks and everything. I trusted my ears and it sounded good through the cans. However when I edited it, I was way too hot and the waveform was almost totally green. So I am presuming that this was too much compression and/or gain. Needless to say, that episode’s audio was passable but not to the standard of the previous 2 episodes. I did the best I could to rescue the audio but what would be a good fix if that happened again (I am using Audition 3)?

So is it better when doing a soundcheck to totally ignore what I am hearing and rely on lights like those on my mixer and compressor? I would be tempted to take off the cans while doing the soundcheck but I have to worry about my co-host’s levels and those of guests (up to 2) as well as mine so I should probably have the cans on.

Cheers, Bruce! Thanks in advance for your help.

Erk
Erk Pod: “all Erk, all the time ….. and then some!”
http://www.erkpod.com.au

]]> By: Tokyo Dan http://www.audio2u.com/?p=732&cpage=1#comment-12546 Tokyo Dan Wed, 28 May 2008 04:16:06 +0000 http://www.audio2u.com/?p=732#comment-12546 Hello Bruce. I listened to your latest cast. Great stuff as always. I have two questions, one off topic: You mentioned getting a lot of exercise on your "pushbike". What is that? Could you please give me more info? I ride a Burley Django recumbent myself. Next, I have an Audio-Technica ATH-30 Com Dynamic Headset. Bought about 1.5 years ago but never used because I can't get an acceptable level out of them for use with my computer sound card. I tried plugging them into the line-in jack and the mic jack, but very very low level. Can hardly hear the output from the mic. Even plugging them into my mixer with mic input gain doesn't do the trick. I had them looked at by the manufacturer and they said they are fine but they are not for computer use, they are for sound studio use. A m I doing something wrong? How are these things supposed to be used? Hello Bruce. I listened to your latest cast. Great stuff as always. I have two questions, one off topic: You mentioned getting a lot of exercise on your “pushbike”. What is that? Could you please give me more info? I ride a Burley Django recumbent myself.

Next, I have an Audio-Technica ATH-30 Com Dynamic Headset. Bought about 1.5 years ago but never used because I can’t get an acceptable level out of them for use with my computer sound card. I tried plugging them into the line-in jack and the mic jack, but very very low level. Can hardly hear the output from the mic. Even plugging them into my mixer with mic input gain doesn’t do the trick. I had them looked at by the manufacturer and they said they are fine but they are not for computer use, they are for sound studio use. A m I doing something wrong? How are these things supposed to be used?

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