[CQ-Contest] Adjusting live and recorded audio

[Tod - ID]

This is a really interesting and important point. Many folks had hot
recorded audio and really good live audio. I am familiar with many of them
and have heard good audio, real and recorded, from their stations in the
past. That suggests as Pete says, we need to have some good ways to be
certain that the audio we are sending out is going out the way we want it to
be.

In addition to 'hot' there was recorded [and sometimes live] audio that had
a large amount of background sound mixed with the message. Very often that
made the recorded message more difficult to copy. Our radios now often have
several different settings that will affect the 'emitted' audio and
sometimes it is difficult to adjust things to get absolute silence between
words. Maybe someone knows of a place on the web where there are suggestions
on how to achieve this ultimate in "signal to noise" level on the recorded
audio and/or the live audio. If so please pass along the URL.

Tod, K0TO


> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Pete 
> Smith N4ZR
> Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 9:15 AM
> To: CQ Contest
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Adjusting live and recorded audio
> 
> During the SSB Sweepstakes, a well-known contester called me, 
> and reported that my recorded audio was much too "hot," as 
> compared to my "live" audio.  From my experience over 900+ 
> QSOs, it appears that a lot of people have the same problem, 
> or variations on it.
> 
> I have lots of control over the levels of my live and 
> recorded audio, but am having difficulty figuring out how to 
> get the adjustment right.  
> I can watch the compression level on my Mk5, and try to get 
> roughly the same amount of compression on live and recorded 
> audio, but I have no confidence that it sounds the same to others.
> 
> Can anyone suggest a good technique, other than the obvious - 
> getting a friend to listen?
> 
> --
> 73, Pete N4ZR