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by floid
Thu Feb 16, 2023 3:57 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Thread Size Around XLR Barrel on Condenser Mics
Replies: 9
Views: 2769

Re: Thread Size Around XLR Barrel on Condenser Mics

Is there a Fastenal location near you? The one in my area has helped me a few times with this sort of thing as they have the gauges, calipers etc necessary to determine what size it is.
by floid
Fri Jan 27, 2023 5:03 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Mic pads — they all work the same, right?
Replies: 18
Views: 13030

Re: Mic pads — they all work the same, right?

As counterpoint, Scodiddly's simplified JFP has Scott Hampton's article fresh in my mind. In it he advocates for placing the pad after the preamp input transformer, "b/c transformer saturation can be cool and most mics are unlikely to cause huge amounts of saturation," or words to that effect. Whic...
by floid
Wed Jan 25, 2023 5:28 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Mic pads — they all work the same, right?
Replies: 18
Views: 13030

Re: Mic pads — they all work the same, right?

As counterpoint, Scodiddly's simplified JFP has Scott Hampton's article fresh in my mind. In it he advocates for placing the pad after the preamp input transformer, "b/c transformer saturation can be cool and most mics are unlikely to cause huge amounts of saturation," or words to that effect. Which...
by floid
Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:11 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Silica Gel desiccant packets in the studio?
Replies: 11
Views: 4584

Re: Silica Gel desiccant packets in the studio?

Theo_Karon wrote:
Fri Dec 30, 2022 2:40 pm
They are also extremely handy to have around if you or the band run out of snacks
Good guys keep 10-12 in every guitar case for just such cases
by floid
Wed Oct 26, 2022 1:54 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Can you recommend a tiny USB mixer?
Replies: 5
Views: 2855

Re: Can you recommend a tiny USB mixer?

I've got one of the little Soundcrafts that's a size up from what you're describing, and it's fine. Nothing amazing, just very useful for what it is.
by floid
Wed Oct 05, 2022 10:21 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Hamptone gain block / mic preamp article
Replies: 42
Views: 11876

Re: Hamptone gain block / mic preamp article

I did get rid of that hot resistor, it was there in case the output was needed as an arc welder power supply. Massive overkill. Without it, the total power consumption of my 4-channel version is 1.5 watts. R5 is 1M for a DI input - for an input transformer it'll be somewhere in the 10k's of resista...
by floid
Tue Oct 04, 2022 2:11 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: My poor hears are getting old
Replies: 16
Views: 5687

Re: My poor hears are getting old

I believe it's from driving with the window down for soooo many years. That thought has occurred to me. +100 i see the audiologist every 2 years, hearing is my life, my passion, and my part time job, i don't mess around when it comes to my ears. i also use in ear monitors for live gigs that are noi...
by floid
Tue Oct 04, 2022 2:07 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Hamptone gain block / mic preamp article
Replies: 42
Views: 11876

Re: Hamptone gain block / mic preamp article

Great looking builds. Did you stick to the original schematic? I ask because at one point the folks at groupDiy were talking about one of the transistors getting overly hot, i think maybe the ztx653, and also about either individually biasing each fet or sorting them so that uniform values could be ...
by floid
Sat Sep 10, 2022 1:46 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: My poor hears are getting old
Replies: 16
Views: 5687

My poor hears are getting old

I've had a hearing imbalance for years. My left ear has less highs, and seems more compressed, if that makes sense. Oddly, I find that in most non-critical listening environments, it's actually the ear I favor when I'm really trying to pay attention. Anyway, like I said, this has been something I wa...
by floid
Tue Dec 28, 2021 3:13 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Tascam reintroducing high bias cassettes
Replies: 38
Views: 34415

Re: Tascam reintroducing high bias cassettes

I hope nobody is expecting these to be reasonably priced. :shock: My guess is $6 per. From what I heard, at one point Tascam was listing the expected price at something like $40/per, but then quickly walked that back claiming "a glitch in the system, correct price to follow shortly." I don't know t...
by floid
Tue Dec 28, 2021 3:09 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Tascam reintroducing high bias cassettes
Replies: 38
Views: 34415

Re: Tascam reintroducing high bias cassettes

By the mid aughts sources for cassette local to me had dried up to virtually nothing. The local cd store had the grey Maxell XLII shedshrine mentioned, only available in 90 min. Since it was the only option, I used quite a bit of it in my mt8x, 238, and 246. Never had any problems. I recently got my...
by floid
Wed Dec 08, 2021 12:36 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Interesting Tascam Cassette Bias Observation 35us vs. 70us for 238 and 246
Replies: 8
Views: 11423

Re: Interesting Tascam Cassette Bias Observation 35us vs. 70us for 238 and 246

FLoid most multitrackers run double speed, that's not anything to note really. 99% of cassette multi-trackers (that are double speed) that use Type II CrO2 tape are 70us bias though, and the fact that the 246 and 238 are 35us bias is something to note, which was the point of my original post. CCIR/...
by floid
Wed Dec 08, 2021 1:42 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Interesting Tascam Cassette Bias Observation 35us vs. 70us for 238 and 246
Replies: 8
Views: 11423

Re: Interesting Tascam Cassette Bias Observation 35us vs. 70us for 238 and 246

Makes sense, these units run double speed so the eq is double the freq.