Agc Threshold

[matheis]

hello

i'm wondering if anyone knows when agc kicks in when recording through the line in. i'm assuming it isn't compressing all the time - but only when levels are getting too high. in this thread i describe how i recorded a concert with my new rh10 with a battery module through the line-in with the agc function on. it doesn't sound compressed, though. the levels don't get too high when using the battery module, so i'm wondering (and greenmachine postulated) that maybe the levels weren't high enough for agc to kick in. the levels seemed to max out a couple bars before 0dB - so maybe the agc setting didn't kick in? anyone have any ideas about this?

if i could use the battery module and agc setting and still get a good recoring level when recording live - and not have agc sompression kick in - it would simplify recording.

thanks!

nikolaus

[kooterb]

hello

i'm wondering if anyone knows when agc kicks in when recording through the line in.  i'm assuming it isn't compressing all the time - but only when levels are getting too high.   in this thread i describe how i recorded a concert with my new rh10 with a battery module through the line-in with the agc function on.  it doesn't sound compressed, though.  the levels don't get too high when using the battery module, so i'm wondering (and greenmachine postulated) that maybe the levels weren't high enough for agc to kick in.  the levels seemed to max out a couple bars before 0dB - so maybe the agc setting didn't kick in?  anyone have any ideas about this? 

if i could use the battery module and agc setting and still get a good recoring level when recording live - and not have agc sompression kick in - it would simplify recording. 

thanks!

nikolaus

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When using a battery box for a Line in recording the AGC is disabled as well as mic sens. With line in you won't need either anyway. Line in, with a power box, can handle most real loud music, but with Sony MDs if the level drops to low for 2 seconds, it will add a track mark and start a new track. Location is everything, too.

Edited May 31, 2005 by kooterb

[greenmachine]

When using a battery box for a Line in recording the AGC is disabled as well as mic sens. With line in you won't need either anyway. Line in, with a power box, can handle most real loud music, but with Sony MDs if the level drops to low for 2 seconds, it will add a track mark and start a new track. Location is everything, too.

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I have no idea if they've changed it meanwhile (i don't see a reason to do so), but with my pre-NetMD/HiMD MZ-R909 AGC does work with line-in. You propably won't recognize it with the weak signal of a mic plugged directly to line-in since it pretty much always works below AGC's threshold, but if you connect an external player with a standard 1v output to it, which signal is above its threshold, you'll most propably hear it working.