Elektron Musical Instruments

On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 05:18:50PM -0500, Desdinova wrote:
> niall munnelly wrote:
> > <SNIPPY>
> > if you're doing it
> > BECAUSE YOU THINK YOUR MACHINEDRUM'S OWN OUTS AREN'T LOUD ENOUGH, then a}
> > your equipment is broken or misconfigured or b} you don't
> > know what the hell you're doing, but we must also accept the
> > possibility of c} both.
> >
> >   
> Some pres only accept mic level ins.  While I can't think of any off the 
> top of my head, I'm sure they're out there.
> Maybe that's the problem, get a more capable pre and you can avoid the 
> DI box altogether.

sure, but,
if one's troubleshooting noise from an instrument, one
should skip the mic pres altogether and record directly into
an instrument-level input, and the fireface has 8 of those
built in.  until this is done, there's simply no way to
troubleshoot the problem accurately, and it doesn't matter
if you like the disastrous sound of a +4dbv, line level
plugged {directly or indirectly} into a mic pre or not.


-- 
yours,
niall.
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