On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 11:14:35 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:


"Don Pearce" wrote


I had expected them to be rather more similar than they were.


So did I, but I have introduced another variable since the other recent
recordings (??) - in reality, the A speakers are the 'peakier' ones by far!!
(Actually, the player was different also - a Pioneer DVDP this time, but I
doubt it made any difference.)


Speaker
B has unbelievably peaky treble; it really is most unpleasant
sounding. Of course there is a chance that is the way the track is
meant to sound, but somehow I doubt it. Which was which?


Let me keep it 'blind' for the moment and I'll post some more trax (with the
above variable taken out of the equation) later, when I have mastered the
levels at bit better - those recordings were the very first I have done with
Nick's mic. Everything is still on the floor to avoid clipping - just like
always!! And the waveforms are all over the place atm!!


Could you post a direct connection recording for a reference?

OK, in this order:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show/Track%2089.mp3

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show/Track%2090.mp3

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show/Track%2091.mp3



OK - all sussed. Your system (not the microphone/PC - your record
player) was seriously heavily overloaded and clipped during playback.
It is just way short of power capability for reproducing that
waveform. Try turning it down quite a long way, then we can get to
grips with what it is really doing.

d

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