Set iPhone recording level

Is there a way to set the recording level in my iPhone? I'm trying to record live music and can't get a recording that isn't distorted. I've tried several apps that have an input level control, but the recordings end up just as distorted but quieter overall. This leads me to believe that somewhere in the phone itself exists a master input level control for the microphone. Does anyone have any advice? Thanks for your help.
Take care,
Mike

yes, i am of course saving the spreadsheet.
i do use icloud integration to keep spreadsheets synced between my mac, iphone and ipad as well as iwork online.
the biggest offender seems to be iOS versions, which always default to 125% regardless of what was saved elsewhere. but it seems iCloud defaults to 100%...
so here's what i tried:
1. create new spreadsheet in numbers, set to 100%. saved to icloud as "test"
2. open spreadsheet "test" on ipad - zoom was 125%
3. open spreadsheet "test" on mac - zoom was 125%
3. open spreadsheet "test" in icloud - zoom was 100%
in the screenshot below, neither spreadsheet was altered or "saved" after opening, but the zoom levels do not match up...
i know it's just an exercise in futility. eventually apple will get around to restoring the lost option, they've already admitted that things were removed (and yes, removed is the right word even though it's new code - at some point they decided not to port this over for lack of resources, parity, whatever) and will be added back over the next 6 months:
Numbers
Customize toolbar
Improvements to zoom and window placement
Multi-column and range sort
Auto-complete text in cells
Page headers and footers
Improvements to AppleScript support

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Recording Level?

New to Logic, coming from garageband and I have a quick, probably embarrassingly easy question, but in Garageband when recording from an external mic there's a slider that can set the recording level, to prevent clipping. Is there a way to do this when recording into Logic? Thanks.

No. This would only be a problem if you are plugging a mic directly into the computer (you're not doing that, are you?)
Any external audio interface you might use would have a level control. If you have not yet thought about getting an external interface, I suggest you search these forums for suggestions... there are many threads about this. I assume that you have upgraded to logic to have more control over your music than garage band will allow. As part of that process, a decent interface would seem mandatory (and a decent mic, of course... there are also many threads about this)
And in any case, when you're setting the level, you need to do more than just avoid clipping. Assuming you are recording in 24bit mode (you are, aren't you?) it makes a lot of sense to set your levels so that they are peaking at least 6 - 10 db below max. This doesn't look as pretty on the meters, but by the time you put them through a number of plugins and send them all to busses and outputs, that extra headroom will really open up your recordings so they don't sound so digital and squashed. There are also many threads about this.
Welcome to the big bad world!

[SOLVED] Microphone recording level is too high

Hi,
since yesterday, I've got an issue with my headset's microphone (it's a QPAD QH-1339). The recording level is WAY too high, at 2 % level it's already starting to clip and I hear noise coming from the motherboard (a Lenovo ThinkPad T540p laptop). First I thought it might be a problem with PulseAudio but after testing with arecord I realized it seems to be ALSA related (same problem there).
Here are my sound related packages:
$ pacman -Ss alsa | grep Installiert
extra/alsa-lib 1.0.28-1 [Installiert]
extra/alsa-plugins 1.0.28-2 [Installiert]
extra/alsa-utils 1.0.28-1 [Installiert]
extra/pulseaudio-alsa 2-3 [Installiert]
extra/zita-alsa-pcmi 0.2.0-1 [Installiert]
multilib/lib32-alsa-lib 1.0.28-1 [Installiert]
$ pacman -Ss pulse | grep Installiert
extra/libao 1.2.0-1 [Installiert]
extra/libcanberra-pulse 0.30-4 [Installiert]
extra/libpulse 5.0-1 [Installiert]
extra/pavucontrol 2.0-2 [Installiert]
extra/pulseaudio 5.0-1 [Installiert]
extra/pulseaudio-alsa 2-3 [Installiert]
multilib/lib32-libpulse 5.0-1 [Installiert]
lsusb:
$ lsusb
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0d8c:000c C-Media Electronics, Inc. Audio Adapter
ALSA and PulseAudio config files are stock; I've reinstalled alsa-lib, lib32-alsa-lib, libpulse, pulseaudio and lib32-libpulse already, making no difference. The built-in microphone seems to record just fine (apart from the horriblenot-so-great sound quality). It also seems to work somewhat if I set the recording level in the ALSA mixer to 100 % but Skype of course changes the recording level as it likes. When enabling the monitor (to hear myself) the sound quality from the headset's microphone is just perfect so I'm pretty puzzled what to try next.
If you need more information, let me know. Thanks in advance!
Thomas
Last edited by volatile void (2014-12-31 14:12:49)

TheSaint wrote:
Very different from mine
Try to set the capture level lower, you may do it by amixer or alsamixer or your systray applet.
I think your card is non fully set.
What says
lspci -vnn |grep 'High Definition Audio'
Try to disable pulseaudio and remove the module. See wiki and in particular this section.
I know, their aren't the definitive solution, but we should have to toss a bit of straw from the haystack to find the needle.
Well, I should point out that it's an USB headset with integrated audio controller (was a bit unclear in my first post, sorry). The sound card integrated in the laptop works just fine but the integrated microphone is awful (in a non-ALSA, non-PulseAudio way ) so showing you the output from lspci won't help much I suppose. But at least it has a Mic Boost control.
Maybe it helps if I describe the behavior in the PulseAudio volume control in more detail.
For the integrated sound card, the input level behaves linear (I know it's logarithmic but that's not the point ). At 0 %, it's completely quiet, at 100 %, it's clipping. In between, everything's fine.
For the USB headset, 0 % is completely quiet, 1 % is clipping already, just getting worse until 40 % which is the ALSA base volume. There it's quiet but at least the volume indicator shows something. At 41 %, it's clipping again until 100 % which seems to behave like 40 %.
Now as Skype thinks that 40 % is too quiet it changes the input level (reasonably enough I guess). Too bad that anything BUT 40 % means white noise coming from the microphone...
Disabling PulseAudio is not really an option as Skype doesn't work with anything but PulseAudio. Besides that the problem also occurs with arecord.
Last edited by volatile void (2014-12-27 14:22:48)

Setting the record straight for setting recording levels in Logic

Hey everyone,
I asked a similar question a while back and got some great feedback, but I'm still a little confused about how to set a perfect recording level and work with the fader in Logic. A lot of what I've been doing has been trial and error and I would like to ask a few more specific questions:
I record with a MOTU traveler and have recently, for example, been recording direct with my guitar into the MOTU inputs. I am using "pre-fader metering", which is checked, and I using "software monitoring", which is also checked. When I am watching the fader, what should I be looking for? I always have the fader set at 0.0db. How do I set the perfect level in this situation? Should the fader be hitting red as I record? How do I make sure I don't clip, and what should I be watching for overall? AND, is it all the same process when recording with microphones? I've heard Logic records at a low level with MOTU products, but what exaclty does this mean in terms of setting levels and watching the fader as I record? I have been recording a lot lately and have some good sounding tracks and some that are not so great and I think it has a lot to do with the topic of this post.
Thanks for the help and clarification.

the fader position in logic does nothing to affect the recording level. That is totally dependent on the gain setting on your MOTU. The logic fader merely allows you to adjust the level at which you listen to the material you are recording. If you set the gain correctly on your MOTU then you shouldn't see the logic audio object hit the red unless your logic fader is set higher than 0dB. If your logic fader is at 0, and you still see red, then your gain is set too high. Remember, digital distortion is not like analog distortion. Once you have recorded the signal and you are in playback mode, then things change somewhat. The internal headroom of logic allows individual channels to hit the red without causing audible distortion. You should definitely avoid hitting the red on your audio output objects though.
I haven't heard about low levels with MOTU stuff. My own 896 has three settings on the inputs - mic, line and fixed +4dB. If you have variable gain as well, then you should be able to get healthy gain. If your recording level is very low, then recording at 24bit will help a lot towards a more detailed recording, as 16 bit can get grainy if the recorded levels are low.

I'm getting a very low signal from my Blackbird interface. The fire wire connection is selected properly and track recording sliders set. However the recording level slider in the lower right corner is grayed out. How can I get better signal?

I'm getting a very low signal from my Blackbird interface. The fire wire connection is selected properly and track recording sliders set. However the recording level slider in the lower right corner is grayed out. How can I get better signal?

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Q10 microphone recording level too loo

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TheSaint wrote:
Very different from mine
Try to set the capture level lower, you may do it by amixer or alsamixer or your systray applet.
I think your card is non fully set.
What says
lspci -vnn |grep 'High Definition Audio'
Try to disable pulseaudio and remove the module. See wiki and in particular this section.
I know, their aren't the definitive solution, but we should have to toss a bit of straw from the haystack to find the needle.
Well, I should point out that it's an USB headset with integrated audio controller (was a bit unclear in my first post, sorry). The sound card integrated in the laptop works just fine but the integrated microphone is awful (in a non-ALSA, non-PulseAudio way ) so showing you the output from lspci won't help much I suppose. But at least it has a Mic Boost control.
Maybe it helps if I describe the behavior in the PulseAudio volume control in more detail.
For the integrated sound card, the input level behaves linear (I know it's logarithmic but that's not the point ). At 0 %, it's completely quiet, at 100 %, it's clipping. In between, everything's fine.
For the USB headset, 0 % is completely quiet, 1 % is clipping already, just getting worse until 40 % which is the ALSA base volume. There it's quiet but at least the volume indicator shows something. At 41 %, it's clipping again until 100 % which seems to behave like 40 %.
Now as Skype thinks that 40 % is too quiet it changes the input level (reasonably enough I guess). Too bad that anything BUT 40 % means white noise coming from the microphone...
Disabling PulseAudio is not really an option as Skype doesn't work with anything but PulseAudio. Besides that the problem also occurs with arecord.
Last edited by volatile void (2014-12-27 14:22:48)

Record level lock on SAP ABAP table editing

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Hi
I have a question about recording levels in relation to some of the instruments in Logic, specifically, the acoustic pianos. I've noticed that even when set at a level of 0.0, the volume is only registering in the very lowest section of the meter at around -18. Playing with force, which I don't necessarily want to do, only brings this level in the meter up to about -11. And pushing the level all the way up to +6.0 only results in barely any difference to the volume being recorded, and if I did that anyway, I wouldn't have anywhere to go during mixing.
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When I plug my guitar directly into my computer, GarageBand (line in) with guitar volume on max I get a weak recording signal (10% signal strength). It does record with decent playback but the signal is very weak with lots of headroom. When I adjust the "recording level" slider (even to max) I only gain another, maybe 10%, nowhere near the clipping red lights. Again, my guitar volume is set at max. Any ideas???

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