Topic: Amplitude and the Compensation\Level button on the Mics page
Experimenting with the Steinway D Jazz preset, I was struck by how much turning off the Level compensation increased the overall amplitude and presence. I've of course been aware of this feature for some time, but I'm just now slowing down to fool around with it and undertand it better. It is a compressor? It seems to take the signals from all of the channels and compress them by reducing the highest amplitude levels of the freqs near each mic and raising the amplitude of the freqs that are distant from each mic, if I am hearing it correctly. But it doesn't then do what many compressors do, or at least have a separate slider for doing--raise the overall amplitude.
Some random thoughts:
Should the Level button be a slider instead of a button, giving more control to the amount of compression?
Should the near freqs be lowered so dramatically? Or should there be a slider to raise the overall volume to compensate for the reduction?
Should there be settings that allow the user to determine the ratio or balance--the degree to which loud freqs are reduced and softer, more distant freqs are raised?
I'm not sure that I'm seeing a large problem, really. But I do like the large boost in volume that comes from turning off the Level compensation, and worry that it shouldn't reduce the freqs near each mic quite so much.
EDIT: Of course, the Level compensation button affects the volume in some presets more than others, depending on the mic placement and their levels. But do listen to the effect on the Steinway D Jazz preset to hear what I mean.