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To the guy above, you just won!!!!

 

No wait, I won!

 

No wait, the guy just below stands more chances

Good, how do we go about doing this?

 

Do we simply post random stuff?

Yes.

 

Good, how do we go about doing this?

I'm the curious type, what can I do?

No really, I want to know!

Question: is this thread just an excuse to raise one's post count?

I'll come here on 2012/12/21 at precisely 11:10 PM and post, I'll win

Originally posted by Anna Log Hey y'all... I talked to Yamaha today about my 4416. They said I should be going in at-12dbfs. They confirmed everything you guys were saying about input levels. They didn't agree with me that the guy who wrote the manual should get a shot in the nuts for not putting this kind of info in the manual. LOL

It does seem weird that no manufacturer states that in their manual... I have a 400F and the manual says that I should adjust the gain so that the orange light lights up frequently but without lighting the red (clip) light. The orange light is -6dB, it's quite far into the alleged 22dB headroom (I wasn't able to understand that whole 22dB headroom thing until I read this thread).

I can see how recording hot can affect sound quality: since amplifiers have a maximum slew rate, the stronger the signal, the more difficulty they have carrying a high-frequency signal (if you send a signal that is twice as strong, it means the voltage swing is twice as fast, or something like that...).
I was reading on preamp design and how more gain usually means less bandwidth, very interesting.

Anyway, I read somewhere that you should track with the level just high enough that with every fader at unity, you'd have your desired mix. I guess this can't be universal, but it does work! When I started doing that, it kinda scared me to see my guitar tracks so weak on the screen, but you have to realize that as you pile up track, the volume goes up.

As for the whole where/kiwi argument. I understand Kiwi's point and to me he his right (from my own experience). However, I noticed that if I run a plugin on the master bus, it can cause problem if the pre-fader signal is too hot. I guess not all plugins like to receive a signal hotter than 0dB.

Originally posted by numrologst I know that doesn't make alot of sense. But i read somewhere that it has a 24-bit german hardware something in it, I can't remember.

 

It makes sense because they use digital volume control (well, I'm 99% sure). With a 16-bit converter, listening to music at 25% volume would sound like pure crap (I mean: even crappier!).

24-bit all-in-one chips (DAC + DSP) are quite cheap nowadays.

Well I WAS wearing a purple shirt...

The only "hardtail" you could see on stage was on my guitars

Oh, I just remember a groopie story that I am less proud of:

As we were packing our stuff after the show, the bar was almost empty (you know, lights on, 5-6 people still hanging around). There was this guy sitting at a table alone, looking constantly in our direction. Being the paranoid that I am, I figured he was waiting for the perfect moment to snatch a guitar or something while we were looking elsewhere. So I made sure to look frequently in his direction so he knew that I knew he was there.

Anyway, as we are about finished and ready to start loading the truck, the guys stands up and start walking towards me. I quickly realized that I had the WRONG WRONG WRONG idea. He wasn't interested in musical gear, he was interested in my "man gear"
The fact that I was looking in his direction frequently, he figured I was too. Being the polite fellow that I am, I told him that I was not who he thought I was and that was it.

Anyway, I try to dress and act in a more masculine way since then
I don't mind gay people being attracted to me, it's rather flattering and I don't have anything to prove. But it does make you wonder: why did he think I was interested? Oh yeah, I kept looking at him *slaps his forehead*

Well, think about all the traits that make a beautiful women beautiful... and reverse them. (Well except she was blonde and had blue eyes...)

Thing is, from the waist down, she was a perfect 10! I actually ended up enjoying it. But then when the morning came she started yapping again

Don't worry, we won't tell your wife

My groupie story is that I once banged the ugliest girl in the world because she happened to follow us to the hotel room and couldn't keep her mouth shut. So I had two options: drive her home, or bang her

The guys in my band are still having a laugh at me about this one, even though it's been almost 4 years. Hey, at least I got nookie that night