What is the point of recording it at that level? I highly doubt anyone is ever going to play it back at that level.
If it is a reality based show the zinger could be that the system is so loud it can't be recorded without blowing up your gear (...cue the pink smoke).
BTW, if you do record it, make sure you leave at least 12dB of headroom on your recorder. We wouldn't want the signal to clip....LOL
Great tip!
Most of my outdoor use is for rotating acts at music festivals, so used channel faders are rarely static. I am going to put a few of these in the kit to place on channels when at rest and on unused channels during a show.
Luckily my mixer has never had a fader issue in the 8 years it has been in action. I hit it with Deoxit and Fader Lube every six months or so.
It's a great little board. Alan Parsons uses one in his studio.
Short answer... anything the US does, Canada is soon to follow.
You can view the Canadian Table of Frequencies here http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/eng/h_sf01678.html but it has very little direct info on specific products. Perhaps a call to Industry Canada will get you closer to the answer.
I agree, there must be an effect on the right track causing the reduction. Can you post a ses file of the project so that we can see what is being loaded?
Everything you say about Reaper is true EXCEPT it is not free. You can download a full working copy that will never time out, but the developers rely on you to do the right thing and buy the appropriate licence after the trial period.
The difference in audio quality is apparent (as the above comparison demonstrates). If that isn't important to you, save your money and go cheap.
Dollar wise, and certainly unit wise, I am sure B&H do more sales with Zoom than SD.