A cikin kiɗa, ɗakin kai shine adadin sarari ko "tarewa" tsakanin matakin kololuwa da matsakaicin matakin. Dakin kai yana ba da damar kololuwa na ɗan lokaci a cikin siginar ba tare da yankewa ba (hargitsawa).
Alal misali, idan waƙa tana da ɓangaren da ya fi girma wanda ya kai -3 dBFS, kuma matsakaicin matakin shine -6 dBFS, akwai 3 dB na headroom.
Za a yi rikodin waƙar a -3 dBFS, kuma matsakaicin matakin zai yi ƙasa da wancan kuma ba zai yi faifai ko karkatarwa ba saboda mai rikodin ya kama shi ba tare da kololuwa a kusa da 0dBFS ba.
Headroom don dijital audio
A lokacin da rikodi in dijital sauti, Samun isasshen ɗakin kai yana da matukar mahimmanci don guje wa batutuwa kamar yanke, murdiya, da sauran nau'ikan rage ingancin inganci.
Idan mai rikodin ku yana gudana a 0dBFS amma kuna da babbar ƙara a cikin sautin, zai yanke saboda babu wani wuri don wannan siginar ta tafi. Sautin dijital ba shi da gafartawa idan ana maganar yanke irin wannan.
Headroom don kiɗan kai tsaye
Headroom kuma yana amfani da sako-sako don yin rikodin kiɗan kai tsaye gabaɗaya. Idan sautin yana da ƙarfi sosai kuma ya yi girma a 0dBFS, zai yanke.
Samun 3-6 dB na headroom yawanci yalwa don yin rikodin kiɗan kai tsaye, muddin mai rikodin ku zai iya ɗaukar matakan kololuwa ba tare da yankewa ba.
Nawa dakin kai ya kamata ku samu a rikodin?
Idan ba ku da tabbacin adadin ɗakin da za ku ba da izini, fara da 6 dB kuma ku ga yadda hakan ke tafiya. Idan kuna yin rikodin wani abu mai shuru, zaku iya rage ɗakin kai zuwa 3 dB ko ma ƙasa da haka.
Idan ka ga cewa mai rikodi naka yana guntuwa koda da 6 dB na ɗakin kai, gwada ɗaga matakin shigarwa akan mai rikodin ka har sai gunkin ya tsaya.
Kammalawa
A takaice, dakin kai yana da mahimmanci don samun tsaftataccen rikodin ba tare da murdiya ba. Tabbatar cewa kuna da isasshen ɗakin kai don guje wa matsaloli, amma kar ku wuce gona da iri ko za ku ƙare da rikodin ƙananan matakan.
Ni Joost Nusselder, wanda ya kafa Neaera kuma ɗan kasuwan abun ciki, uba, kuma ina son gwada sabbin kayan aiki tare da guitar a zuciyar sha'awara, kuma tare da ƙungiyara, Ina ƙirƙirar labaran labarai masu zurfi tun daga 2020. don taimakawa masu karatu masu aminci tare da rikodi da tukwici na guitar.
