Topic: Tiny Box Help

[jmerin]

Hello... I am going to be ordering one of the Tiny boxes in a day or so . I just want to get a few opinions. I will be getting the one for the schoeps (5 pin binder). The creator said that he can customize the gain settings. I was thinking 10 20 30. What are your thoughts thanks!

My config will be :

Standard amplifier
single minijack
Direct line only
16V


schoeps > tiny box >m10

I plan to stealth and open tape jam band shows..

[Ultfris101]

Great choice. You might consider sticking with the slightly lower default gain settings. I almost always find that my mid gain setting is sufficient with my Sony m10 set to 3. Occasionally I want to go down from there on the tinybox and I'd rather have too little gain for a situation than too much. I've found the low gain setting necessary when running at stage lip or in clubs with loud PAs.

I'm not sure I have ever needed to use the high gain except for recording some non-amplified music.

In fact if I was ordering one today I might do 0, 10, 20

[darktrain]

Mine is 10, 20, 30 and I have never used the 30 setting, if I were to get another, I might do 8,16,24

[willndmb]

I have stock and have never used high, mostly mid, occasionally low

[beatkilla]

Same here mine has 4,18,32. And i only have used the mid setting of 18.

[jmerin]

over all is every one happy with the pre amp?

[obaaron]

Love mne...once you get your in hand im sure you will feel the same 

Mine is also 4,18 and 32 always run on 18..

[jmerin]

Is there a big difference between 18 and 20? I am thinking I might get a stock one . 4 18 32..

I was thinking 10 20 30

[willndmb]

Love mine too
Not as much as my littlebox but real close

[colinw]

I love mine. I have the stock gain settings and always run either low or medium.

[jmerin]

could someone confirm what the stock  gain settings are for me thanks!

[Ultfris101]

4, 18, 32. I had to search for a bit on the Naiant site to find them again.

Look for "Gain control" about halfway down:

http://naiant.com/tinybox-specification/

You got me thinking about this some more and I think I'd stick with the defaults for another one   Also to keep consistent with my first one.

Not presented as a head to head comp at all (or anything of the sort!) , just an anecdotal reference I ran "Schoeps MK5 > KCY > Tinybox > M10" Thur night and "MK5 > KC5/CMC6 > USBPre2 > R-44" Fri and sat night at Camp Barefoot (http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=169829.0) and I don't have any complaints at all with how my recordings turned out either night (other than my apparent spdif cable issue which is my own deal of course)

[bombdiggity]

What you'll use depends on what you record but the stock setting should be fine.  I have the stock setting and rarely run low but don't do a lot of very loud shows.  I have had to run high for unamplified classical and acoustic stuff in large rooms, so like having that.  I nearly always run mid though.  You'll probably use low and mid... 

[jmerin]

Thanks for your input. I ordered a tiny box with the standard gains

[dnsacks]

while not mentioned in your posts and perhaps too late, don't forget to consider the Output Transformer option --