"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 16:59:46 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:


"Don Pearce" wrote


I've put together some piccies of what's going on, here

http://81.174.169.10/odds/bangs/



OK, I've got a mystery I need cleared up before I can do anything else:

If I record in Stereo (with the amp's balance swung over to one speaker,
in
front of the single mic) I get this:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show/Stereo%20Tenor.jpg


If I set the recording software (Sound Forge) to Mono, with *nothing else*
changed I get this:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show/Mono%20Tenor.jpg


Note the 'upper limit' differences - what is going on here that I should
know?

(Excuse slightly different start points/lengths on what should be
identical
clips!!)


Baffled? I know I am....!! ;-)


Something strange in the way Sound Forge reports the numbers, that's
all. I don't understand it any better than you, though.


It gets worse....

If I cut and paste the 'active' channel only (from the stereo recording)
into a new 'window', I get 'dual mono' (which actually sounds quite good)
without the strange -6 dB 'limit' thus:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show...no%20Tenor.jpg


If I then try to 'convert' that to mono, it goes into 'Pavarotti Mode':

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show...no%20Tenor.jpg


???

Well flummoxed now - looks like I'm gonna hafta learn the bloody software
after all....!!

Uh oh, 'shutdown mode' coming on....

N
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!!

Zzzzz......

:-)