Re: recording tech questions...

DJ Lo-Ki (lo-ki@sonicnet.com)
Sat, 2 Mar 1996 12:32:32 -0500


Well, to paraphrase Mario Caldato (engineer for the baestie boys) clean
your heads (every day!) and keep those levels at 0 for optimum sound (at
least on your masters.)

peace,

Lo-Ki

>Hey beat hedz,
>
>maybe there's someone out there with this info for me?
>
>I've got a decent 3 head casette deck to do recordings and I wanted to know at
>what decibels should my recordings be played back at for optimum sound/noise
>with a type IV tape.
>
>Up until now I've been recording CDs to tape with the peaks around +5 dB and
>averaging around +1 to +3dB. Does this make sense or can I go higher or should
>I be lower?
>
>THanks
>gen