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- Sat May 11, 2024 6:17 am
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: dynamic mics and speaker coils?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 243
Re: dynamic mics and speaker coils?
I'm no expert, but I think that you'd have to indulge in some pretty peculiar mic placements for there to be more than a negligible effect.
- Fri May 03, 2024 9:58 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Signals confusion
- Replies: 3
- Views: 168
Re: Signals confusion
If an active instrument outputs a line level signal, wouldn’t this be compromised going into the front of an amp as the amp is expecting to see an instrument level? Guitar amp inputs are high impedance; a passive guitar pickup needs to see a high input impedance so as not to sound bad. As to "level...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 9:20 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: How Do I Test A D.I. Box?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1175
Re: How Do I Test A D.I. Box?
So a passive DI is (or should be) stupidly simple. Here's how I would test initially: Set your pad switch to its 0 position. Check DC Resistance between pins 2 & 3 of the XLR connector. If everything's hooked up right with the transformer, I'd expect to see 20 to maybe 60 ohms there, depending on th...
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 1:30 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: monitors
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5249
Re: monitors
Fluid Audio FX80. I bought them after reading Mike Kosacek's review in the mag, and because I really wanted coaxial monitors. (stimulus money undoubtedly influenced my decision as well.) They work well for me--they've got a little bit of the low level hiss that is apparently common with Class D amps...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:50 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Mic pre in pedal form?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1948
Re: Mic pre in pedal form?
Get a passive lo-z to hi-z connector. If that's not enough gain, run it into a clean preamp pedal and then on from there. No need for a real mic pre, IMO. I will say that Scodiddly's Hamptone-based project from a couple years back could probably be set up to work on 9V--with 24V and a step-up transf...
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 3:17 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: 2 Noisy Studer 169s - Fix it myself or hire someone to fix?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1369
Re: 2 Noisy Studer 169s - Fix it myself or hire someone to fix?
Is it a constant noise? White noise or 60 Hz hum? Sporadic pops? Does it change as you move pots/faders?
Probably the first/easiest thing to do is to clean pots, switches, & connectors. Even just exercising pots and switches can make a big difference, if that's where things are noisy.
Probably the first/easiest thing to do is to clean pots, switches, & connectors. Even just exercising pots and switches can make a big difference, if that's where things are noisy.
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 6:35 am
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Latest gear you've acquired.....
- Replies: 5333
- Views: 2527684
Re: Latest gear you've acquired.....
Focusrite 18i20. The 18i8 was cool but didn't have enough outs for what I'd like to do with my setup, & a good deal came up locally.
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 6:17 am
- Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade
- Topic: Misc. Crap
- Replies: 4
- Views: 47558
Re: Misc. Crap
Updated.
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 8:27 pm
- Forum: People/Places/Things
- Topic: Dexter Romweber RIP
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1913
Dexter Romweber RIP
Just saw this on facebook.
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 7:51 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Video Overdubbing Software
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2079
Re: Video Overdubbing Software
Maybe look at the free version of DaVinci Resolve? It looks like the "Fairlight" section allows real-time audio recording for video. I'm not totally sure I understood what you're looking for, but it might do the trick, and it's free. It will tax an older system though.
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 11:54 am
- Forum: People/Places/Things
- Topic: Mojo Nixon and Damo Suzuki
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1202
Re: Mojo Nixon and Damo Suzuki
I hadn't seen about Damo Suzuki. He was scheduled to play here just before the pandemic. I think there may have been delays due to visa issues, and then covid fucked everything up. I believe this entire broadcast is somewhere on the youtubes, but what a freaking band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 5:09 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: What preamps are y'all liking these days?
- Replies: 55
- Views: 21048
Re: What preamps are y'all liking these days?
Totally off topic, but is there any chance you could point me to documentation for the McCurdy AT241 line amp? I have a couple sitting in the basement, and your mention of McCurdy made me want to do something with them.
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 4:53 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Transducer use?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2042
Re: Transducer use?
I inherited from a friend a while ago. I'm assuming it's a transducer but the xlr connector is female so he must have used it as some kind of a speaker? Possibly. Transducers can generally be used to transmit or receive. Typically a spring reverb will a transducer at both the sending and receiving ...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 1:40 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: What preamps are y'all liking these days?
- Replies: 55
- Views: 21048
Re: What preamps are y'all liking these days?
My sort of dark horse get-out-of-the-way preamp is the Event EMP-1. They're a bit hard to find these days but are typically under $100. They used security screws on them, so I finally bought a set of security bits to peek inside (plus one of mine had a busted IEC power plug that needed replacing). I...
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 1:59 pm
- Forum: Listen to Music
- Topic: List your Bandcamp page
- Replies: 617
- Views: 320353
Re: List your Bandcamp page
Thank you!!