Hi guys
A Quick Recap on what happened to the recording and more to the point
Why it ended up with Hiss.This is not the normal state of my recordings.
A good Buddy I Hasseled to record for me suprised the wottsit out of me
When he said Yes.
I had all of 10 mins to get set and go because he was heading up country
And I would not see him for ages,so hence the hurried and botched effort
On my part Lol, In my panic to get there and set up quickly I even forgot The headphones.
There does seem On My machine to have a Hiss through the headphone s
Its been there since New....Its very high pitched and I have to turn up the Gain a lot to hear it But the HissI refer to I got from A badly set up Mic I think.
..the dp24sd has a noise problem through the headphones...
Headphone Noise PROBLEM?
Really?
There's only very minor headphone hiss, and I stress the words VERY MINOR, as in NEGLIGABLE; BARELY AUDIBLE; -82 dB; easily masked; non-existent if there is any music signal at all; and NO IMPACT on the recorded signal.
Mark Richards...Sorry Did not mean To sound as though I was putting the Tascam Down At all,A poor choice Of words...I guess I do better when I talk to people rather than TxT.
I meant No Offence To anyone On the Forum And No criticism Was Intended.
Hi eric..............
Is this a hiss you hear through the headphones? In that case, it’s a characteristic of the DP24\32SD series. It increases or diminishes depending on the effects you use. I think it is related to the headphone amps. Unless you hear it through the speakers as well. Then I guess it’s a different issue.
Yes I agree Mine Is through the headphones ,I Have Mackies For Monitoring when not using the headphones
I fined Them a bit guttless In the bass but love them all the same
And yes again I agree the Hiss can get worse or more prominent When certain Effects are Added.
This I concider Normal And so I dont get bothered about it.
Phil
Whichever effect you use, the suppressor works like a compressor in reverse; variations are called expanders or gates. A compressor works by lowering the volume when the signal level is high, and an expander lowers it when the level is low. Normally noise/hiss is a low level signal, so lowering the volume for low-level signals will reduce the hiss. It will also reduce other low-level signals, so as with compression, it's a compromise to get the right balance. Far better to avoid the noise in the first place
The
threshold control sets the level at which the suppression takes place, so set it high to start with and make the effect obvious - suppression takes place when the level falls below the threshold.
The
suppression control is the amount of volume reduction, so again set this high and you'll hear the sound cut off completely. As you reduce it, the cutoff won't be so pronounced.
Set the
attack and
release times to small values to hear the cut-off track rapid level changes. One controls how fast the suppression/cut-off kicks in; the other controls how quickly the cut-off recovers back to normal.
Best bet is to experiment with the controls during playback - set the In & Out points around a section of music containing both quiet & loud parts, engage Repeat mode and press Play. The music will continually loop while you tweak the FX controls and learn how they work. There's more info if you search the web, e.g. this
article by SoundOnSound.
Note that as the guys have said, there is a small amount of hiss from the headphone amp, and this may vary depending on how sensitive your head/earphones are. If it's audible in your setup it will mask the noise suppressor effect, in which case use the monitor or stereo outputs instead - either via speakers, or an external headphone amp.
Wow
Thanks I had not thought of suppressors In quite the same way as you.
I watched a tutorial On Noise Reduction In the Software Reaper.
This method use,s a plugin to Sample the Hiss And build A profile of the wave
Then you can fiddle With A Slider To try to reduce Hiss whilst Keeping the Sound
You Want The Least Effected.To Be Honest Having Tried This It Makes The Spoken Voice Sound Robotic If used too intensly and Seems to my ears to Add a lot of treble.
Thats why I was hoping the Tascam Might have a different option.
I have played around with the tascam noise reduction But in truth with no real purpose
Or Need Untill Now
This I Have Printed Of Because My PC Is to far to read The Settings
The
threshold control sets the level at which the suppression takes place, so set it high to start with and make the effect obvious - suppression takes place when the level falls below the threshold.
The
suppression control is the amount of volume reduction, so again set this high and you'll hear the sound cut off completely. As you reduce it, the cutoff won't be so pronounced.
Set the
attack and
release times to small values to hear the cut-off track rapid level changes. One controls how fast the suppression/cut-off kicks in; the other controls how quickly the cut-off recovers back to normal.
I have More Time Now to have a go at this to day and now have a true start point .
An superb Idea phil and will be followed
Best bet is to experiment with the controls during playback - set the In & Out points around a section of music containing both quiet & loud parts, engage Repeat mode and press Play. The music will continually loop while you tweak the FX controls and learn how they work. There's more info if you search the web, e.g. this
article by SoundOnSound.
But First I have More Reading Up to do....Printer on standby.
SoundOnSound Article
Thankyou so much Guys And have A great day.
Tyros
