Yes this is normal. You're used to seeing how little the levels change with music that has already been mixed and mastered, in other words, heavily compressed. Live performances often have very wide dynamic swings.
At 06:35 AM 12/8/2010, you wrote:
But charles this is a condenser mic. But you are saying this is normal? THat makes me feel a little better then.... It's an audio technica condenser mic.----- Original Message ----- From: <mailto:rumbero73@xxxxxxxxxxx>Charles Marston To: <mailto:ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 6:30 AM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: mackie onyx 1220i questionI think this is usual when using a dynamic mic. However, with regards to the jump from negative 14 to negative 3, that may be normal depending on the kind of song you are recording. You may use a compresser afterwards to even out the dynamics on the track.From: <mailto:bshowerton1@xxxxxxxxx>Brian Howerton Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 1:28 AM To: <mailto:ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] mackie onyx 1220i question Hello all,Yesterday I was recording a client with my new mackie onyx1220I and I was finding that I was having to run the tain knob really hot in order to get good meter readings. It was like one minute she would be at -14 or -21 and then she would jump to a louder portion of a song and it would jump sometimes to like -3 or -2. Am I doing something wrong? I mean is it normal to have to run the gain knob all the way almost to it's max? COuld use some help please... Thanks,Brian
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