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Gear / Technical Help => Recording Gear => Topic started by: ribbons on August 21, 2011, 01:31:41 PM
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hi
I recently got a new Roland r-05
I´ll use it whit a ca11 cards+ ca9100
my question is:
someone can help me in finding out the UNITY GAIN in this recorder??
perhaps 40??
and a question about the setting:
unity gain+preamp at maximum can be a good setting for taping???
any tip welcome
thanks
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The R-05 is not discussed much here since most tapers prefer the Sony M-10, so it may be hard to find the unity gain. If the record level control goes from 0-100 like the R-09HR it is very likely unity gain is around 40 though. It reported to be about 38-40 on the HR.
Set the recorder at unity gain to start and set the preamp somewhere between 75% & 100% so that you get good levels.
1) If what you are recording is very loud you need to be sure the CA-9100 itself is not clipping if you have it set near 100%. It has a clipping light that you can check. If it is doing more that lighting up briefly I think you need to reduce the pre's gain. I'm not real knowledgeable about the clipping light though. I usually have the pre set at 50% or so for loud stuff and never even have to look at the light.
2) If you are recording acoustic or quiet sounds, set the pre at 100% and use the recorder to add gain until you get decent levels.
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Word is that the R-05's pre's are very similar in spec to those on the R-09HR's. That said, fmaderjr's suggestions are a solid place to start.
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level control goes from 0-80 in the r05
so I suppuose unity will be about 38-40....
many thanks for the tip
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Unity was discussed here, I think there is a rough concensus:
http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=140726.msg1860282#msg1860282