Home Vinyl Asylum

Welcome Licorice Pizza (LP) lovers! Setup guides and Vinyl FAQ.

[ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] Thread: [ Display  All  Email ] [ Vinyl Asylum ]
[ Alert Moderator ]

RE: LP recordings: Normalization and limiter

Hi Tre',

I thought you were the professional recording engineer. Did I get that wrong? Anyway, it's not possible to improve resolution through normalization. All you can do with normalization is to increase the volume of your recording to match other recordings. Resolution is set in stone when the digital recording is made.

I used to normalize when I copied vinyl at 24/88 with my Alesis Masterlink because I wanted to match volume levels among all my recordings. Now, I use a TASCAM DA-3000, which has its own recording volume control so I try to set it high enough to capture maximum resolution without clipping any of the peaks. Of course, I always fall short by a few decibels in order to prevent clipping. However, since I now record in DSD128, that format provides ample resolution to capture everything vinyl has to offer, even when the peaks are a few decibels short of full-scale.

Anyway, I used to normalize when I used a digital recorder without a recording volume control, but now that I have the capability to adjust volume before recording and even during recording if I choose, I no longer feel the need for normalization. Moreover, it's not possible to normalize in the digital domain when recording in DSD and I believe DSD sounds better than PCM. Therefore, it's no longer even possible for me to normalize my digital recordings. The best I can do in DSD is to crop my recordings and split each LP side into individual tracks. However, that's enough for me because my digital recordings sound better than ever to my ears.

Best regards,
John Elison

This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
  Sonic Craft  

Follow Ups Full Thread
Follow Ups
FAQ

Post a Message!

 Forgot Password?
Moniker (Username):
Password (Optional):
  Remember my Moniker & Password  (What's this?)    Eat Me
E-Mail (Optional):
Subject:
Message:   (Posts are subject to Content Rules)
Optional Link URL:
Optional Link Title:
Optional Image URL:
Upload Image:
E-mail Replies:  Automagically notify you when someone responds.

[ Top Top of Page ] [ Contact Us ] [ Support/Wish List ] [ Copyright © 2024, Audio Asylum, all rights reserved ]
[ General ] [ Speakers ] [ Tubes ] [ Vinyl ] [ Digital ] [ Hi-Rez ] [ Video Asylum ] [ Cables ] [ Tweaks/DIY ] [ Music ] [ Films ]