hello im new

[daphne]

and trying to get my head around home recording... if you know about this sort of thing, keep an eye out for me!

[Reid Malenfant]

Hi Daphne, i guess it depends what you are recording to & from to be honest ;) CDr you need to be careful not to overload or you'll get & record distortion on the copies.

Analogue can be more forgiving in this respect, i have some cassettes that hit over +7 DB over the standard recording level, though they are metal tapes & sound fine :)

Welcome to the forum by the way ;)

[daphne]

thanks for the welcome. i am using CDr and i have already had this trouble, it is that that i am trying to learn to get around, i have the basic skills, they just need some serious serious honing! thanks for the welcome!

[hifi_dave]

Hi Daphne, welcome. Not many ladies round these parts.

[Alex_UK]

Hi Daphne, welcome. Not many ladies round these parts.

:nocomment:

You speak for your own parts! :lol:

[Reid Malenfant]

thanks for the welcome. i am using CDr and i have already had this trouble, it is that that i am trying to learn to get around, i have the basic skills, they just need some serious serious honing! thanks for the welcome!
What you need to do is set your CD recorder (i hope you are using one rather than a PC which i have no experience of ;)) to record pause mode & play the whole album. Keep your eye on the level meter & make sure that on the loudest bit on the album you are going to record that it doesn't hit +1DB, if it does then turn down the recording level accordingly.

As long as nothing clips you'll end up with a good recording & once you have satisfied yourself that nothing is clipping you can burn the CD. It takes some time but it's worth it.

Now i have thought about it some older CD players used to have a scan mode for peaks which would make life a lot easier & quicker to say the least :eyebrows:

Again, all the best :)