Topic: signal in unballanced cable better preamplified?

[kuuan]

Is an unballanced cable less prone to interferences if it carries the mic signal preamplified?
Or asking differently, if I have to use longish unballanced cables is it better to run it between mic and preamp or preamp and recorder?

and another question:
Feeding a single channel to two channels ( a mono mic to right and left channels of a stereo recorder ), will each channel have 100% level or less?

[MattD]

Is an unballanced cable less prone to interferences if it carries the mic signal preamplified?
Or asking differently, if I have to use longish unballanced cables is it better to run it between mic and preamp or preamp and recorder?

Between preamp and recorder. If you introduce noise earlier, it will just be amplified. If you have to have a chance to introduce noise, do it later in the chain.

and another question:
Feeding a single channel to two channels ( a mono mic to right and left channels of a stereo recorder ), will each channel have 100% level or less?

If you're using a splitter, there's usually a signal drop associated with that in the -3 to -6 dB range. Might as well do that in software after, if you're going to, unless you feel you need a redundant channel live (if one might be bad in the recorder or preamp).

[kuuan]

Between preamp and recorder. If you introduce noise earlier, it will just be amplified.

thank's

If you're using a splitter, there's usually a signal drop associated with that in the -3 to -6 dB range. Might as well do that in software after, if you're going to, unless you feel you need a redundant channel live (if one might be bad in the recorder or preamp).

I am wondering, if mixing one mono mic with a stereo mic, how much better it is to simply feed the mono signal to both channels instead of using a pan pot, middle position of a pan pot, taken that the mono signal should be at the same level on both channels.