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Hi! Need your help! After recording a little concert a few days ago i had to find out that most parts of the recording were distorted. It was a nice little concert - so it hurts. And it hurts a little more, because while recording i did'nt notice when and why it happens! Would be nice, if someone could confirm the cause, that i'm supposing... First of all: it was not my first recording, but maybe the first recording under specific circumstances (mics, location, recording position, music...) Used Equipment: MZ-RH1 - Using Mic-Input (MicSense set to High) SP-TFB2 (mics from Sound Professionals 'In-Ear holders, that slip right into the ear structure'. I have the version with high sensitivity, that means 'Maximum Input Sound Level: 98 dB SPL, 1 kHz at 1% T.H.D. (113dB with battery module)') Battery module (Sound Professionals) Recording Level manually about 6-7 (from 20) Recording location: a small concert hall (school festivity hall) Recording position: 3rd row (from front) Music/musicians: chamber orchestra (strings plus piano), accordeon, bandoneon, mouthharp (in different combinations) At the beginning for a few seconds the record level was set too high and therefore distortion also high. But from this time on the level was 'under control' and mostly only one/two points higher than -12dB. The only effect, that i noticed while recording was, that the 'level meter' for right and left channel did not respond 'separately', but seem to be 'blocked'. Now then, after listening to the converted material i had to find out, that louder music passages were definitley distorted! Even Solo-passages (accordeon + bandoneon, none amplified) were affected. In addition to the somehow 'blocked level meters' the waveform of the distorted parts were also peakless 'blocks'. Now, to cut a long story short, after meditating for hours and hours about the cause, i'm supposing, that it was not the recorder (mic-amp, battery etc) or the battery module (battery ok!), but the 'rest': the mic's! With the conclusion, that i bought the wrong mic-version (high sensitivity), because under specific circumstances 113db SPL cannot be enough. Can anyone confirm that or ... ?