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Re: Preamps/comressors with A6

2002-01-05 by klagga

Well, they say it's always a good idea to have a hardware 
compressor/limiter that you can use to keep transients in line before 
your A to D conversion (so you can get a hotter signal to "tape"). 

:-)

--- In Andromeda_A6@y..., "CoolColJ" <coolcolj@o...> wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: klagga <klagga@h...>
> To: <Andromeda_A6@y...>
> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 3:28 AM
> Subject: [Andromeda_A6] Preamps/comressors with A6
> 
> 
> > Hi!
> > 
> > Are any of you recording the sound from the A6 together with a 
> > preamp/compressor/limiter like the Dual Vocal Combo from Manley 
or 
> > the new TwinQ from Joemeek? 
> > 
> > Would it be a good idea to use a box like one of these to get a 
> > stronger signal from the A6 before hitting the converters when 
> > recording digitally?
> > 
> 
> I don't why you would need to preamp it unless
> you just want to colour the sound. The signal is loud enough
> unlike a mic signal.

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