https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/why-is-this-happening/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:43:16 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/why-is-this-happening/paged/2/#post-67006 Sun, 29 Aug 2004 19:26:21 +0000
Minus Human]]> In The Studio Minus_Human https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/why-is-this-happening/paged/2/#post-67006 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/why-is-this-happening/paged/2/#post-66989 Sun, 29 Aug 2004 18:21:09 +0000 Also, I know jack about Windows, but on the Mac there is a control panel for sound that allows you to monitor and set the input levels going into the computer, not just the levels for the recording software. Make sure you have this level correct or it will all go to hades.
Also, the computer's preamp may not be very good, if you are just using the stock card or motherboard's sound chips. Record some simple vocals, even just speech, and see if that is distorting. If it sounds okay, try some louder volume speech, yelling even, and see if that is distorting. You may need to simply define and work within the limits of your system or consider additional equipment.]]> In The Studio slothrob https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/why-is-this-happening/paged/2/#post-66989 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/why-is-this-happening/#post-66895 Sat, 28 Aug 2004 22:01:35 +0000 In The Studio hueseph https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/why-is-this-happening/#post-66895 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/why-is-this-happening/#post-66885 Sat, 28 Aug 2004 19:12:34 +0000
i was playing with the settings last night it's better but still not quite what i was looking for. if i compare the sound arjen had in that "muse" recording he did it doesn't compare.

Minus Human]]> In The Studio Minus_Human https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/why-is-this-happening/#post-66885 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/why-is-this-happening/#post-66823 Sat, 28 Aug 2004 03:02:58 +0000 In The Studio slothrob https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/why-is-this-happening/#post-66823 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/why-is-this-happening/#post-66748 Fri, 27 Aug 2004 14:45:13 +0000 There is a view "Show Level Meters" - toggled with Alt-7. This will show you the input and out put levels - they should not go into yellow and certainly not red. i didn't know that, will check that out before i try other recording software. i have a feeling that might just do it.


Minus Human]]> In The Studio Minus_Human https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/why-is-this-happening/#post-66748 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/why-is-this-happening/#post-66747 Fri, 27 Aug 2004 13:34:31 +0000
There is a view "Show Level Meters" - toggled with Alt-7. This will show you the input and out put levels - they should not go into yellow and certainly not red.]]> In The Studio greybeard https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/why-is-this-happening/#post-66747 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/why-is-this-happening/#post-66745 Fri, 27 Aug 2004 13:27:06 +0000
Thanks
Minus Human]]> In The Studio Minus_Human https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/why-is-this-happening/#post-66745 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/why-is-this-happening/#post-66608 Thu, 26 Aug 2004 20:07:37 +0000 The microphone will distort, but have some forgiveness because the membrane will compress the sound as it heads into distortion. Go too loud and that forgiveness is gone.
Your sound card will not compress the signal in the same way, it will hit a point where it is incapable of discerning the actual frequency of the incoming sound and will produce noise (a very non-musical noise) instead. Computer soundcards have a notoriously low overhead for clipping.
Record into digital at very low volumes. It is best to stay out of the yellow and NEVER enter the red. This is the reverse of what you want to do when recording to tape, so it takes some retraining.]]> In The Studio slothrob https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/why-is-this-happening/#post-66608 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/why-is-this-happening/#post-66577 Thu, 26 Aug 2004 15:20:57 +0000 In The Studio greybeard https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/why-is-this-happening/#post-66577