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recording with serato and the ttm57

ortofon88 2:00 AM - 20 February, 2008
- why is the recording volume so low, when i'm in the yellow?

- (not recording related) what is the best way to disconnect the usb from the 57sl mixer to the mac laptop. do i need to turn one or the other off first before i even pull the usb out of the mac?

thx
LightFighter 6:21 AM - 20 February, 2008
grab usb cable with one hand..... and gently pull away from computer
OreoB 7:07 PM - 20 February, 2008
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- why is the recording volume so low, when i'm in the yellow?

Turn the recording gain/knob where you activate recording...position it to 3 or 4 oclock..trial and error.

There are a bunch of posts that talk about recording...search the forum
ortofon88 4:26 AM - 21 February, 2008
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grab usb cable with one hand..... and gently pull away from computer


good one, is it bad to turn off the mixer while still connected to my mac (which is on)?
djmoneyd425 10:40 AM - 21 February, 2008
no
djcrxxx 2:18 AM - 22 February, 2008
ive started playin around wit the record feature i had to crank record volume up a bit.
ortofon88 6:56 AM - 4 March, 2008
yeah, it seems ok at 3 to 4 o'clock. i just don't like the idea of even being in the yellow when recording though. just wish i had a little more headroom.
treeo730 12:51 AM - 6 March, 2008
I push it to the yellow just before hitting red. You obviously don't want to go into the red(digital distortion very bad...analog distortion good). I'm going to assume you are trying to record your mixes because remember if your archiving vinyl you can use the ttm as a soundcard.
nobspangle 9:14 PM - 6 March, 2008
It's safe to go into the red on the 57 there's loads of headroom due to the 24bit internals and if you use that up the limiter will kick in.
L.Demo"Neo" 9:55 PM - 11 March, 2008
Ok..If there's loads of headroom then why is there not another color after yellow or some way of knowing when limiters kick in so that way we know exactly how far to push the sound in a recording or any other situation for that matter?
OreoB 7:46 PM - 12 March, 2008
ortofon88...from what i've read on here you're not at 0db until you see red...so there'll be no cliping as long as you keep it out of the red. Going from the last green to first yellow is somewhere around -6db i think.
dj shadow from detroit 3:53 AM - 13 March, 2008
the serato input meter should be set around 2 oclock. and your 57 should not be hitting red.

i recorded about 12 tracks yesterday and it seemed to be the best quality to me.
i also use the mp3 gain at 93db.
none of the tracks where hitting red.they where mostly in the yellow.sound quality seemed good.

i hope this set up helps out:)
ortofon88 6:09 AM - 11 April, 2008
thx - yeah i am recording mixes. this last one i took to a friend who said it came out pretty good, i just got pretty deep into the yellow on that one, on the first couple i wasn't that far in and they came out a little quiet.

i had my meter at about 4 oclock
DJ Charlie Hood 5:23 AM - 14 April, 2008
4 seems to work pretty good for me too. you can always normalize and work with "ok" levels but never with distorted recordings. since using the 57 to record, my mixes sound a lot cleaner than with audacity.