Excerpts from Raffaele Morelli's message of 2010-12-14 10:28:46 +0100: > 2010/12/13 Paul Davis <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Raffaele Morelli > > <raffaele.morelli@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > I agree about unprofessionality of xruns but what about our ears? > > > I trust my ears and bless them, thanks to them I can appreciate music > > from > > > Ella to Jimi and so on... but do they betray me when I realize I can't > > > recognize an xrun in a mix? How long is an xrun? Can we hear it when it > > > occurs only 3,4,5 times in a mix? > > > > if you can't hear the click caused by an xrun, then you probably > > should give up mixing :) > > > > ah ah ah, yes of course... anyway I can't swear my mixing experience will > never cross the border :-) > > > > > more seriously, it is possible for there to be an xrun without any > > audible effect (though this is rare). the clicks that they cause are > > very similar (most of the time) to those caused by sample clock sync > > issues (e.g. a bad word clock cable or connector), and i don't know > > anyone who would pay to work in a studio with such a configuration > > (until it was fixed). > > > > I should have been more precise. I bought a condenser mic (AKG Perception > 120) to record some acoustic stuff at home. > I recorded a session - st james infirmary > blues<http://www.catastocen.apat.it/st_james_infirmary_blues.mp3> > - and used the punch in/out feature for the guitar solo and for parts the > two vocal tracks (I had a cold... and still got it) > > Well, there's an xrun every time the recording starts, ie after the locator > passes the punch in marker... can you hear it? I can give you the exact > timing. > I also got other session (with the full band playing) but I deleted the xrun > markers... and now I really can't gues where they occurred > > Regards > > PS: destroy the mp3 after :) > PSPS: apologize in advance for the bad english in the recording :( I really enjoy it :) _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
