Before capture
Prepare the room, choose the microphone or device, reduce parasite noise, and decide on the intended quality level.
EEV recording guide
The format depends on capture quality. This page summarizes the bundled guide to help you design a coherent recording workflow in software.
During capture
Respect distance, stability, playing gesture, and the useful duration needed for temporal analysis.
After capture
Check recording cleanliness, populate metadata, and generate the fingerprint at the right level.
When to choose each level
| Level | Best when… | Trade-off |
|---|---|---|
| eco | you need a light index or a first-pass reference. | less temporal finesse. |
| standard | you want a robust comparison layer. | higher cost than eco. |
| high | time behaviour and dynamics must be better preserved. | heavier generation. |
| ultra | you are targeting advanced, durable, or synthesis-oriented use. | higher cost and stricter requirements. |
Instrument families
- Struck instruments: preserve attack and useful tail.
- Rubbed instruments: avoid mixing gesture noise with material behaviour.
- Blown instruments: watch stability, breath noise, and tonal centring.
- Sustained sources: capture a representative stable portion.
Fields to populate carefully
- category and sound family
- material, playing method, capture context
- tuning reference, device, background noise
- actual quality level used
Key point
A good EEV begins with a good recording. Software can structure, summarize, and compare, but it cannot fully make up for a noisy or weak capture.