0538 – Maddening Over-Modding

2022.06.22 – 0538 – Maddening Over-Modding

On occasion it may be impossible to anticipate external noise and so be unable to use any of the techniques described above, and therefore over-modding may be the (almost) inevitable result. For example: at a sports event when a goal is scored (or at a presidential event when a political point is scored) and “the crowd goes wild”; at a carnival or parade when a marching band passes by; on a street with the unexpected siren of an emergency vehicle and so on. In such situations a deft reporter or studio engineer will simply have to ‘ride the faders’; and adjust the incoming audio levels ‘on the fly’ to avoid distortion in the live feed or recording. 

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