if you have a low level signal to begin with you are going to have a *lot* of noise when you bring the volume up. you are much better off with the signal being boosted before it is digitised, hence the need for a pre. if you want to go cheap, just get whatever preamp you can find (even behringer) and use your current mic. even a cheap pre will work better than none. then you can decide down the track if you think it is worth investing more.
<br><br>porl<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 01/11/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">Paul Winkler</b> <<a href="mailto:pw_lists@slinkp.com">pw_lists@slinkp.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 12:00:40PM -0700, william estrada wrote:<br>> Paul,<br>><br>> I have being thinking about a software fix. Do you have some example<br>> code of how to do a 'compressor' or up the volume? I think that would
<br>> be a better solution. Trying to keep the hardware cost down. It will<br>> be a multi-user environment.<br><br>I just fire up Ardour, insert the SC4 ladspa compressor on a track or<br>bus, and tweak until happy.
<br><br>It's probably helpful to read something about what all the controls<br>do. For example:<br><a href="http://www.doctorproaudio.com/doctor/temas/dynamics-processors-compressors_en.shtml">http://www.doctorproaudio.com/doctor/temas/dynamics-processors-compressors_en.shtml
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