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Starting with the best known afforded recording system value supports the development of an ear for sound quality and a more lasting
appreciation for the resulting recordings. This does seem to be exactly what this long discussion is about!
>It may help to note that when ROCK venues started getting much louder (bigger
>speakers & amps in the PA market; users acquiring more effective earplugs),
>there were some DSM microphones with too high a sensitivity, presenting
>audible mic limited overloads and/or overloading the deck's limited input
>range with too much signal. The solution was much lower gain mics and
>listening to the results from user tapes when problems occured. These
>overload problems have been solved for over 5 years now and maybe that's why
>comments seemed to be from users of the older D7 decks which were much more
>easily overloaded than the previous D3 DAT model.
>
This is what I was hoping you'd say and what I assumed. It's odd that the
Core comments that down your mics all refer to people using the older D7.
At the time they were maybe very valid problems, but I would have hoped
they were sorted out now.
Looking at the spec sheet for your mics there seem to be models handling
massive SPL's (I presume without distortion), way over the limit of
anything I've been aware of listening to.
In the Guiness Book of Records (I don't know if you get that in the USA)
the loudest concert on record (before they stopped measuring it) was Iron
Maiden at the Donington Festival here in the UK. I was at that show and the
sound was measured at 128db at the Soundboard and that was in the open air.
Your mics are rated well over this so the only problem I see is with them
overloading the input stage (can this happen going line-in or only mic-in)
on the recorder, which I presume prevents them from powered correctly.
REPLY: Most of the 'Loud' energy from such venues is 98% BASS and using the Bass reduction adapter will help prevent the deck's
mic input from overload. DSM mics are generally not high enough output or not suitable for Line input, but are designed to operate
within the limits of the deck's mic input specifications when the proper microphone model is chosen for the application.
>I hope this helps you in making the best descisions for your situation. Let
>me know what more can be done to assist.
>
Possibly. I've had a email from a guy who is recording the band Dream
Theater in Belgium who I like, with some DSM's tonight I believe, so I'm
hoping he might be willing to send me a copy so I can hear what the mics
are like. They are typical of the sort of band I will be recording i.e.
very very loud rock (though not pain threshold loud). If i can get to hear
this tape, it will probably help me a lot.