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Viewing input levelsThe input meters on the Record dialog show the level of the incoming signal. For recording purposes, the incoming audio should remain primarily in the yellow, only occasionally entering the red.
Click the Reset button (or press Alt + T ) to reset clip indicators or held peaks or valleys.
You can work with the record input meters in much the same way you do with other meters in Sound Forge. For more information, see Meters on page 37.
Setting the record level
The values displayed above the record meters are useful for maximizing the input level during recording. It is particularly important to record input signals as loud as possible when planning to decrease the bit depth. This maximizes the dynamic range.
However, the input signal must never exceed the range of values that can be recorded digitally. When the input signal exceeds the safe digital recording range, the waveform peaks are clipped, resulting in audible digital distortion.
1.Open the Record dialog.
2.From the Device
3.Apply the input signal to be recorded. The meters display levels relative to the signal.
4.Slowly increase the level of the input signal until the peak value is the
If clipping occurs, decrease the level of the input signal until the record level is maximized without clipping.
Scaling the record meters
Like the play meters, the record meters can be scaled to various dynamic ranges by
For typical recording situations, the
Updating the meters
Click the Drop Marker button ( ) in the Record dialog’s
Press M .
You can then use the Markers to Regions command to convert markers into regions. For more information, see Inserting regions based on marker positions on page 102.
CHP. 8 | RECORDING, EXTRACTING, AND BURNING |