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Gear / Technical Help => Battery Boxes, Preamps, Mixers, ADCs, and Processors => Topic started by: BIGPAPA on January 12, 2004, 11:15:29 AM
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Hey mostly a lurker here. But I've picked up a Warm UA5 & running it with 481's & Jb3/d8 I may try some 24 bit down te road as well via USB.
When running the UA-5 should I have the recording source set to digital or analog?
Thanks
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wow big time lurker that was my first post. :)
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welcome and +
the recording source.......the recording source will accept whatever you feed it, which sounds like it will be a digital signal from your UA-5. Do you have the digi-mod done on the UA-5?
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Thanks! Its a Warm UA-5 from Oade. The Manual says when recording from mics have it set to Analog. I guess this is so I get a stereo effect from each mic?
It seems some things in the manual are void due to the mods.
I just want to be sure I run this right the 1st time.
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alright, it sounds like you got the digi-mod as well. The digi-mod allows you to use the ua-5 as a stand-alone unit via the coax or optical output.
I'm not sure what the analog/digital switch is because I don't have one sitting in front of me.
Best bet is to play with it. Plug everything in (mics, ua-5, recorder) and blast your home stereo system. Start recording to make sure all the components work right. Play with knobs and buttons to see what they do, get a feel for your gear.
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Set to 'digital' if you are using a digital source, 'analog' if an analog source.
mics, soundboard = analog
spdif coax or toslink optical digital (from analog-to-digital converter, DAT, etc) = digital
The only time I've had mine set to 'digital' was when I tried using it to transfer a DAT to my computer via USB. When recording from mics, and instrument, soundboard you'd want it set to 'analog'.
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Set it to analog. Enjoy that combo they work well together.
Everything in the manual is correct except going comp>UA-5 & I think the hi-z/lo-z doesn't make a difference due to the mod.
I may be wrong on the hi-z/lo-z but from playing around with it is seems to make no difference.
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I may be wrong on the hi-z/lo-z but from playing around with it is seems to make no difference.
I've accidently ran mine with the hi-z on and noticed no difference.. Not exactly sure if it's due to Oade's mod or not.. ???
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I may be wrong on the hi-z/lo-z but from playing around with it is seems to make no difference.
I've accidently ran mine with the hi-z on and noticed no difference.. Not exactly sure if it's due to Oade's mod or not.. ???
the oade pre-amp mods definitely disable the 1/4" inputs so it's my guess that it disables that switch as well. i'm pretty sure there is a thread on the *old* oade board that discuesses this issue.
Brian
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Craig T - how did you UA5 work going DAT>UA5>Computer??? I'm thinking of doing the same thing - borrow a friends D8 to do trnasfers thru the UA5 - just not sure on its use...
Terry
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so if it disables the 1/4" inputs, why not replace the xlr inputs with some regular xlr inputs instead of those shitty xlr-1/4" inputs?
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so if it disables the 1/4" inputs, why not replace the xlr inputs with some regular xlr inputs instead of those shitty xlr-1/4" inputs?
ya mean the Neutrik connectors??? shitty why?
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I think they're OK, but it'd be nice if they locked.
Drew
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lock in like the mme? ;)
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They may not lock but they're a damn good fit. Coupla weeks ago I returned to my rig to find the UA-5 hanging from the mic cables. I had cables running above and somebody knocked it off a table. :yikes:
It had a 3000mAh battery pack velcroed to the top, adding even more weight.
And the recording was fine too.