Cleaning The Shit

yeah. So far it sounds good.

I havent had a problem with noise.

Ok, how about do the same thing but now lower the louder sample to the same volume of the other sample. Still hear a difference between the two? (And u can use the master volume to make up any difference.)

Now what if some of your samples clipped on the way into the computer? Hear the difference? Wink

you may or may not hear the differnce in the example you mention, but will need to turn it up somewhere to acomodate for the low level signal....


secondly, I said run the signal hot, not to clip the signal......everyone should know thatr this is a big no-no with digital.


The bottom line is always to maximize your signal to noise regardless of the recording medium.

jaem wrote:The bottom line is always to maximize your signal to noise regardless of the recording medium.

Well - here's my point. You def want to get your signal as loud as possible compared to any noise, kind of goes without saying... but since we aren't recording to tape, which carries noise during playback, there is no noise that we can separate from the signal. You turn up the input when ur recording and you get more noise from the vinyl, amp, etc to your recording.

The reason the sample's sound quality might get worse if you push up its volume has to do with computer's algorithms (for boosting volume) and is the same reason you don't want to normalize your samples, because there is a loss of audio quality.

Nothing against recording ur samples with adequate volume, but pointing out u want to do it to make it easier to match ur sample levels rather than get a cleaner signal. Hope this helps!


@ eagle - you don't need to buy a dj mixer just to sample, there are certain adapters that do the same thing that are cheaper. Thiat's actually what I thought u were talking aobut when u said phono adapter.

o no i meant phono adapter as in the extension to convert it to a line level (i have no phono ins on my interface)
thats cool....what are these adapters called? so i can do a search......thanks
btw do these adapters also allow earthing for the 'fork' part of the signal like the mixers

i've never tried this product myself but its where i'd start:

http://www.zzounds.com/item--ARTDJRPRE

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