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On 02/06/2017 18:59, Iain Churches wrote:
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Tascam is a very good choice.
I'd also recommend Tascam from having an HD P2 recorder and finding it
works very well. However that would perhaps be overkill. Has excellent
meters, etc.
An alternative is something like the Scarlett 2i2 with a laptop and
suitable software. Audacity would do, although I use my own DIY software
that has better PPM indication, etc.
Thanks - they look to be good. I've also seen 'scratch recorders' that
seem to fit the bill - Roland AR3000R and Marantz PMD 560. The obvious
difference is that they're 16 bit (as opposed to 24).
Without wishing to get into too much of a debate, might that matter?
In practice the main advantage is that - given the ADC has a decently low
noise level - you can easily set the recoring gain low enough to avoid
clipping without under-recording the levels. Then if you wish, scale up a
little when processing the results. The problem here is that - paticularly
if you've not done kind of thing this a few times before - 16 bit may not
give enough 'room' to avoid both clipping and under-recording unless you
carefully start with the right level.
However for LP if you're prepared to have a 'dummy run' you can get decent
results from 16 bit if you give recording a run though and use that mainly
to set the 'optimum' recording gain that just misses clipping peaks. Then
have another go. Note, though, this means you need to ensure your metering
will show you short peaks OK... and assumes you're using a decent ADC!
Jim
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