Chapter 10.
Recording Settings
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10.7 Prerecord Time
This setting buffers a small amount of audio so that when the record button is pressed,
the recording will begin from that number of seconds earlier. This is useful for ensuring
that a recording begins before a cue that is being waited for.
10.8 Clear Recording Directory
Resets the location where the recorded files are saved to the root of your player’s drive.
10.9 Clipping Light
Causes the backlight to flash on when clipping has been detected.
Options:
Off
,
Main unit only
,
Main and remote unit
,
Remote unit only
.
10.10 Trigger
When you record a source you often are only interested in the sound and not the silence
in between. The recording trigger provides you with a tool to automatically distinguish
between sound and silence and record the sound only. Unfortunately it is not very easy to
make this distinction between silence and sound because you hardly ever encounter real
silence. There always are background noises. What is considered as background noise
depends on the situation. For example during a lecture the very low noise of rustling
paper might be considered as background noise. During a rock concert the murmur of
the audience might be concidered background noise which is much louder compared to
rustling paper. Also the duration of the signal matters. When you record speech you
want to record every syllable. When you record live music you may not be interested
in that chord the guitarist strokes for two minutes before the show to verify his amp
is turned on. The trigger features numerous parameters to adapt its behaviour to the
desired situation.
Trigger
This parameter specifies the trigger mode. When set to
Off
the recording must
be started manually and apart from the Prerecord time no other parameter has
any effect.
Once
will have the trigger start one recording only; after the recording
has finished the input signal will not start another recording.
Repeat
will have
the trigger start multiple recordings.
Trigtype
Add description of Trigtype
Options:
Stop
,
Pause
,
New File
.
Prerecord Time
This specifies the time that is included into the recording before the
trigger event occurs. This is very useful if you record a signal that fades in. Usually
you want to set the prerecord time ¿= start duration. That ensures that you record
the entire sound. Strictly speaking the prerecord time is not a special parameter
of the trigger. It is available during normal recordings too.
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