Elektron Musical Instruments

This guy is obviously a total wab LOL

"Impedance" of a *signal* ??
After reading that it was just laughs all the way LOL :)



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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "niall munnelly" <aleph@...>
To: <elektron-users@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 7:36 PM
Subject: Re: [elektron] Only for people that have recorded with a machine drum through a 
front end


> On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 11:08:28AM -0800, s a wrote:
>>
>> Are you serious? Do you know what a direct box does? It changes the impedence of the 
>> incoming signal to mic level. Then the audio is fit to be passed through a mic pre for 
>> amplification. After which I will be able to reach a proper recording level. Only when 
>> the signal reaches a suitable level, does it become very apparent where the noise floor 
>> is. By the way, the noise floor can be monitored on my unit without any external 
>> amplification at all, through the headphones. It is a "white" like noise that exists on 
>> all outputs and the heaphone outs. I can monitor this noise at just above the half way 
>> point on the volume knob, and it only becomes more apparent as the knob is turned up. 
>> Could someone please check their unit out to see if it does the same thing? Please don't 
>> respond without actually checking it out.
>>
>>  I would like to get responses from people that have experience recording the machine 
>> drum through a front end such as a direct box and mic pre. It's seems that those people 
>> will know a little bit more about the recording process.
>
> s a,
> we're trying to help
> you discern what the problem is with your machinedrum's
> setup - one _no one else here has reported_.  to do this, we
> need to know what you're doing, how you're doing it and yes,
> occasionally _why_ you're doing it, especially when the
> outputs of the machinedrum, unamplified and at line level,
> are sufficiently hot to require compression on every +4db
> interface that has been reported in use with it - this
> includes the rme fireface 800, though i've also used the MD
> with motu PCI devices, a digi-001 and a presonus
> firestation.
>
> if you want to reduce the line level signal to mic level,
> and then into a mic pre, that's your business, but no
> machinedrum i have ever played or recorded in the last two years has required this, and 
> the machinedrum was not made with your setup in mind.  so, for the benefit of everyone 
> involved, you need to perform basic troubleshooting tasks and record it as it's meant to 
> be recorded, and move on from there.  reiterating my last email, if you have the same 
> noise recording the MD at line level, then your experience is anomalous and possibly the 
> result of a hardware defect - and you should press the issue with elektron.
>
> finally, the headphone outs have been noisy on every unit
> i've played at maximum volume.  the only noise i ever got
> from the MD was a readily-redressed ground loop.
>
>
> no amount of truculent, condescending and passive aggressive
> bullshit on your end will change this.  so good luck with
> that.
>
> -- 
> yours,
> niall.
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