Dennis,

The "Do I Clip" song does NOT exhibit any clipping. In fact you have a little headroom to spare that's mainly on the left channel of your 'stereo' recording.

Btw, I hope I didn't befuddle you with all that mumbo jumbo about amplifiers, headroom, oscilliscopes, and what not.

Also, I'm glad it was just a simple adjustment of the recording level instead of something major.

Best regards,
Mike

[This message has been edited by TwoNuts (edited 06-03-2006).]

Dennis,

No clipping at all on this one. The highest peak appears to be about -0.5 db or so.

Recording at lower levels may affect the dynamics somewhat, but this isn't the only problem with it. Another major problem with recording anything at a substantially lower level than 0 db ( clipping level ) becomes the signal to noise floor ratio. Naturally, when you normalize the level of a piece that peaks well below 0 db, the noise floor that gets recorded along with the signal will rise along with it.

AJ


[This message has been edited by Bluezplayer (edited 06-03-2006).]

Thank you



[This message has been edited by TwoNuts (edited 06-03-2006).]

Hi Fran,
just out of interest, which soundfont did you use ?? the sgm180?? for Ice Castles .

Fran, is that fair, you may put keyboard manufacturers out of business, if people start to realize they don't need to spend thousands, or even hundreds of dollars on keyboards/synths if all they want to do is play midifiles, create backing sequences etc.

My SD1+ Keyboard $3700 AUD
SGM 180 Soundfont $0 AUD
Computer $ ??? Computer cost doesn't really count, as I wouldn't be here if I didn't own one.

best wishes
Rikki

p.s. later on today I'm going to invest a whole $12.99 to purchase an M1 ( soundfont that is, be interesting to see how close it comes to the original keyboard)

best wishes
Rikki
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Fran Carango:
[B]When it comes to sounds...Is it just me, or do these keyboards fall short..compared to of all things.."Sound fonts"

To me ..Sound fonts sound better than all the hardware boards..and I think they sound better than the sample wavs of today...

Can someone explain the difference between these?

Listen and you tell me if your board can beat this?