Prerecording Sound Levels...

Discussion forum for Amadeus users

Moderator: Martin Hairer

Post Reply
midiw
Posts: 32
Joined: Sat Jan 13, 2007 5:31 pm

Prerecording Sound Levels...

Post by midiw »

Do you have that?

If so, please tell me how i get to see a prerecording sound level ?

:?: :?: :?:
________
magic flight
Last edited by midiw on Mon Feb 07, 2011 3:15 am, edited 1 time in total.

rfwilmut
Posts: 255
Joined: Fri Nov 17, 2006 1:19 pm

Post by rfwilmut »

Open a new window: click the button with the red dot in the toolbar. The drop-down pane which opens shows you an input meter; set your level (click 'playthough' to hear the input back through the computer's outpu) and hit the spacebar to start recording.

The meter is not calibrated: if you would like a calibrated meter you could purchase ProLevel:

http://www.katsurashareware.com/pgs/prolevel.html

it's $20 and requires Tiger or higher.

midiw
Posts: 32
Joined: Sat Jan 13, 2007 5:31 pm

Post by midiw »

rfwilmut wrote:Open a new window: click the button with the red dot in the toolbar. The drop-down pane which opens shows you an input meter; set your level (click 'playthough' to hear the input back through the computer's outpu) and hit the spacebar to start recording.

The meter is not calibrated: if you would like a calibrated meter you could purchase ProLevel:

http://www.katsurashareware.com/pgs/prolevel.html

it's $20 and requires Tiger or higher.
Ah, I finally get it.

When I click and hold that red dot button there is a choice of

Record
Record to new track
Record to new file

Then I select the third option "record to new file" there is a in put meter however as you pointed out there is no way to adjust the input sound levels with Amadeous. Although I can use my mixing board to control sound in/out. But I prefer to do the levels at the software level.

That's crazy HairerSoft.

I'll take a look a closer look at ProLevel. What I see now is very good.
Not sure I want to spend more monies. Thanks for telling me about ProLevel.
________
Dodge 330
Last edited by midiw on Mon Feb 07, 2011 3:15 am, edited 1 time in total.

User avatar
Martin Hairer
Site Admin
Posts: 1976
Joined: Wed Nov 08, 2006 11:49 am
Contact:

Prerecording Sound Levels...

Post by Martin Hairer »

there is no way to adjust the input sound levels with Amadeous.
Yes, there is a "gain" slider that allows you to adjust the input
level. If that slider is greyed out, that means that your hardware (or
driver) doesn't provide gain control, which the software cannot do
anything about.
Regards,

Martin

HairerSoft
http://www.hairersoft.com/


_______________________________________________
Amadeus forum mailing list
Unsubscribe / change settings at http://two.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/forum_list

rfwilmut
Posts: 255
Joined: Fri Nov 17, 2006 1:19 pm

Post by rfwilmut »

midiw wrote:But I prefer to do the levels at the software level.
This isn't necessarily the best way: if the output from the mixer was rather high and you reduced it in software you might well be overloading the input and getting distortion, which reducing the level in software wouldn't deal with. If the software is set to standard input and you control according to the input level meter in Amadeus or ProLevel then you know you are OK.

midiw
Posts: 32
Joined: Sat Jan 13, 2007 5:31 pm

Post by midiw »

Martin, when did you put that gain slider there? Yikes, now I need to get glasses.

Thanks again guys. Time for more coffee.
________
Mercedes-Benz T80
Last edited by midiw on Mon Feb 07, 2011 3:15 am, edited 1 time in total.

User avatar
Martin Hairer
Site Admin
Posts: 1976
Joined: Wed Nov 08, 2006 11:49 am
Contact:

Prerecording Sound Levels...

Post by Martin Hairer »

Martin, when did you put that gain slider there? Yikes, now I need
to get glasses.
Always been there... ;-)

Martin

HairerSoft
http://www.hairersoft.com/


_______________________________________________
Amadeus forum mailing list
Unsubscribe / change settings at http://two.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/forum_list

Post Reply