Input Monitoring

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When recording analog sources, properly setting the input level is the most important detail. We'll run through a quick sequence of events that you'll follow almost every time you plug in a mic.

Connect your inputs, and/or select them from the Routing screen if necessary. Remember to provide phantom power for any mic that requires it.

Provide a nominal signal at the source. Ask the performer to warm up or to play a bit in the anticipated style of the recording.

While viewing the Home screen, press F1 (on page 1/3) or click on the INPUT SELECT button with the mouse to display the input level monitors .

Traditionally, recording engineers have tried to get a "hot" level to tape. They did so primarily to overcome "tape hiss." Luckily for us, there is no tape hiss to overcome on the VS-2480, so you can afford to reduce your input levels a bit, thus providing a little extra " headroom " for the signal before clipping occurs. Strive for input levels predominately "in the yellow," meaning between “ 12dB and “4dB on the meters . A bit of red in your levels is OK, especially if the actual source of the signal is pretty loud itself, but by setting the preamp gain too high when recording a quiet vocal, a great take may be ruined by clipping when the expressive singer pumps up the volume a bit.

The input level is controlled before the signal hits any fader. It is a combination of how strong the signal is at the VS-2480's input jack and the settings of the SENS and PAD controls.

When adjusting your input source with the PAD and SENS controls, try to keep the SENS as low as possible. Start with the PAD out and the SENS control fully CCW. If the incoming signal is still too hot, press the PAD in and adjust the SENS accordingly .

The Input Clip section of the Home screen gives you a convenient way to keep tabs on the input levels while not actually monitoring the IN VU meters. The level at which these clip indicators illuminate may be set to 0dB, “3dB, or “6dB in the Global Parameters menu.

Remember, it is much easier to boost the volume of a track that was recorded slightly low than to mask the clipping of a track that was recorded too hot. When in doubt, shoot low!

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Roland VS Recorder Power.
Roland VS Recorder Power.
ISBN: 1592008364
EAN: N/A
Year: 2005
Pages: 202

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