On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 18:01:02 +0200, Pieter Palmers wrote > the following links provide quite some info regarding distortion, > clipping and DC offsets: > http://sound.westhost.com/clipping.htm > http://sound.westhost.com/tweeters.htm
interesting articles > My recommendations: > - Be sure to do a decent sound-check: have a full-scale piece of > music ready for the PA engineer to set the PA desk incoming level, > and be sure not to change your volume when soundcheck is done. - > Adapt the dynamic range of your music to the live enviroment, e.g. > by using a compressor plugin just before the soundcard output. so it isn't so much of a software problem, but rather the responsibility of the artist to keep the dynamic range down, and the sound engineer to set the levels sensibly? it's interesting though, as a lot of performers who use computers eschew the soundcheck these days, thinking just a line test, or just plugging in and setting the volume, is enough. so, would it be a good idea to purchase a small compressor, if using homemade analogue synths, or even software capable of producing nasty signals? cheers, dave
