dont get me started on recording, i just eventually went out and bought a mac cuz windows cept fucking up, lets hope this works

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That's why you always do a short test to make sure everything's working as it should.

i record everything to a MD deck that i have in my booth, and they download to my computer through a little portable MD player. that way when im recording i can see the levels on my MD deck right there and i can make sure im not clipping.

i used to have that trouble, just as when i first started, sometimes when switching to the next record, i would put the volume down on the record playing instead of the one i was taking off and switching! AHHH that was stupid stuff... but its like anything with practice goes the repetition, and now i dont do things like that anymore. same goes for checking the volume levels on all the equipment before playing too. now ive done it so many times that its second nature to check all those things, and very fast too now cause i know what to look for, just the db levels... so eventually that shouldnt be a problem for you, pc or mac should make no difference i wouldnt think. but ive never owned a mac, so i cant say much about them.

also the program you use helps. mine has a avl (auto volume limiter THING) so even if i didn check that stuff it would do it automatically for me. but i just started using this new program about half a year ago... but it sure is nice to have that insurance!

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I always check the levels in the program before I start. Unfortunatly, even if the levels are fine in the program, if that damn windows vol is up, it still clips and distorts, but there's no way of telling, cept looking at the setting. Live and learn...

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Originally posted by `pr0digy I always check the levels in the program before I start. Unfortunatly, even if the levels are fine in the program, if that damn windows vol is up, it still clips and distorts, but there's no way of telling, cept looking at the setting. Live and learn...

Or you could record a short sample before you start to make sure everything's working as expected.

Like tranc3 said I always make a short sample first. I have been a victim of bad sound levels too many times in the past. This is also another reason that I use Total Recorder to record my sets. It has the levels displayed as youre recording. Very handy little tool.

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Originally posted by Dirk W. This is also another reason that I use Total Recorder to record my sets. It has the levels displayed as youre recording. Very handy little tool.

I used to use Total Recorder, but it interfered with other programs that I used. Sound Forge also does levels, but the windows volume levels are before it, so Sound Forge says everything is fine, when it's not

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what programs do you guys reccommend for recording a live mix?

there IS a db meter on the recording menu in SF. Its right there... RED is bad, Green is good... got it? :P

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Originally posted by dj_alfi there IS a db meter on the recording menu in SF. Its right there... RED is bad, Green is good... got it? :P

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Sound Forge also does levels, but the windows volume levels are before it, so Sound Forge says everything is fine, when it's not

RTFP.

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