2022.07.03 – 0549 – Mic Muck-Ups Solved!: Recording Distortion
Distortion (or: ‘clipping’, ‘overmodding’)
When the equipment is set at too high a level for the incoming audio, the resulting recording is distorted. It is ‘overflowing’ with the sound it is being asked to process. On a level or meter, the needle will barely move from the far-right hand side or lights will be fully-lit in the red. Set the level lower (give it some more ‘headroom’) so the levels can move more comfortably. Keep an eye on levels during a recording and change them as necessary, or simply move the mic further from the source of the loudness: your mouth. Distortion in a recording is usually not fixable – unlike low-level recordings which can be boosted.
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