« Reply #15 on: October 25, 2003, 02:47:21 PM »
Some things you don't mention:
1) how loud was the venue (acoustic show, rock show)?
2) Any pads on the mics themselves?
One thing I have learned is just because the preamp has headroom doesn't mean you can't overdrive the mics depending on the sensitivity of the microphones.
I tend to run my SR-77 mics with the -20dB pad on the preamp, plus an additional -10 dB using the AT8404 attenuators. The QTC-1 mics which are way more sensitive I run with -20 dB pads on the preamp and -20 on the AT8404 attenuators. Using this much attenuation prior to the preamp stage, I have never had an issue with overdriving any stage of the preamp or A/D. Which is another thing. You never really say what it is you are hearing. Is it distortion, or digital pops from being over 0 dB?
Anyhow, you may want to try to attenuate your signal as well as the cleaning options already offered here.
Wayne
I don't get this either. I see a lot of people running -20 and -30 pads and I don't see why. I run schoeps which are a hot mic and not once have I ever needed a pad running a mini-me, V2, modsm-1 or V3.
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