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Setting proper microphone levels

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Setting proper microphone levels

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Larry: So we're finally in the recording studio, now we're going to set our microphone levels. Now this is part of the process that, I used to think this must be really simple. But there's a lot of little details involved that can lead to good or bad recordings and so I'm going to run you through some information that'll really help you when you're setting the levels of your microphones in the live room, getting your levels set straight. So basically there's kind of four different types of microphones out there. We're not going to go into crazy detail on them, but I'm going to do a little bit of information that'll help you out. Dynamic microphones, like this Shure SM57, they've got kind of a medium output level. They're good on loud sources. They don't clip right away internally. There good for guitar amps, drums. We all know that. We've seen this mic a thousand times, most likely. Ribbon microphones, like this Royer R-121, they have a lower output level and require a little more…

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