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Originally Posted by ubermensch
Cheers man.
The problem is that when the preamp gain goes way down, it tends to take a little life out of the end product, no matter the quality of the source itself.
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yeah, it will sound rubbish with the gain that low, if you're recording at 16 bit, which you are because the interface doesn't do 24 bit. Because of the dynamic range of the vocal you are probably only using 8 bits, maybe less. That'll sound pretty disgusting.
This is where compressing to tape (computer) comes in handy, with a nice compressor, the compression doesn't have to be audible at all, just levels out the peaks nicely. This won't work if you use a software compressor afterwards because the damage has already been done.
Yet another reason why these things are crap, you're in a situation with a dynamic singer, you can't teach the singer vocal technique in the time you've got, oh well it's gonna sound mince because its got no insert point for a compressor. I don't consider that to be very professional.