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Can you give me a quick crash course in what each feature does,

I've never used that collection and My lesser Zoom recorders don't have that feature (that I know of). That's worth a checkout over tea.

Basically, as the sound gets louder than a set volume, an electronic guy turns down the recording volume and then lets go when the sound gets quieter. That's the compressor. The limiter comes along behind and swats down abrupt, sharp sounds that are too fast for the compressor. There's a version of these tools in the Audacity Audiobook Mastering Suite, and almost all broadcast radio transmitters have them.

The trick is setting them. They have magic controls labeled Attack Time, Release Time, Slope, and Threshold. Books are written about how to do that.

You can get into trouble with those tools. They permanently modify the voice and if you don't like what they did, that's just tough. It's burned into the show. You can't take the effect out later.

If you're sure you will always be recording voices, the High Pass Filter can be a good thing. That's the rumble filter. Also called Low Cut. It can take out some microphone handling noises and wind. The trick is to remove bass notes without screwing up male voices. It can help with P-Popping.

This is the switch if you're going to have one. Up is low cut. Down is no effect.


The generic Hollywood filter is about 100Hz. That's also the value we used in the audiobook process.

Koz

although lavs are a bit tricky during a pandemic...

Here, let me jam my hand up your shirt...from six feet away.

There's a trick here, too. Somebody is making a lavalier that records in two different volumes at the same time. It makes setting volume much less tricky. I wrote that down here...somewhere.

Koz

kozikowski wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 17, 2020 9:15 pm

Koz

THanks for the thoughts.

I am heading out on the road soon...

Will be in touch with you (and Steve) as soon as I can!