I'd like to ask to some of you experts some help. I've visited this page
http://www.avisoft.com/recordertests.htm I confess I didn't understand that much, expecially for what concerns the different noise level related to input gain; it seems that with low gain there is more noise than with high gain. Of course I didn't understand...
Anyway, what interests me is a comparison with
http://www.rane.com/note148.html , in which there is a table to help microphone choice to couple with preamp input. It seems that the more sensitivity and spl a mic has, the easier to clip the mic preamp.
Could you explain me, in order to choose a mic for an Edirol R09Hr, which is a right "limit" of mic sensitivity and spl to avoid clipping?
I thought, but I must be wrong, that a hotter mike was better in order to reduce noise due to using a lower gain, but if there is a risk to overload the input the thig is totally different....
I.e., it seems that a Rode nt4 (or similar with good spl and sensitivity about 12mV) shouldn't be a good choice. I don't know, then, if setting the mic input gain on Low could help or it should be necessary to have an attenuator on the mic.
I am a bit confused...can you give me some explanation please?
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