Topic: PT: 2 - New Marantz PMD661

[stober]

he mails from tally. still in thomasville.

thanks

Hey anyone know if the mic attenuation of -6,-12,-18 can only be used when going mic in and not line in? Gonna run the 661 for the first time tonight and I'm gonna use it for a SBD patch tonight.

[datbrad]

he mails from tally. still in thomasville.

thanks

Hey anyone know if the mic attenuation of -6,-12,-18 can only be used when going mic in and not line in? Gonna run the 661 for the first time tonight and I'm gonna use it for a SBD patch tonight.

Brent, I have the attenuation set to zero on mine in the preset for XLR line in, but I can't find in the manual if it's defeated for line in, and I have never tried to see if it does anything.

Just set the preset on yours to zero for line in anyway. Trust me, the hottest SBD signal you will typically get will have your gain knob between 5-7 on the dial. You don't need attenuation with the 661 to tape off the board, one of the reasons I picked this deck.

Good luck and shoot me a PM or call CK and get my number from him and call me before the show if you need to.

[stober]

Thanks Brad, that's what I figured. Looking forward to using it for the first time tonight.

[fmaderjr]

he mails from tally. still in thomasville.

thanks

Hey anyone know if the mic attenuation of -6,-12,-18 can only be used when going mic in and not line in? Gonna run the 661 for the first time tonight and I'm gonna use it for a SBD patch tonight.

I don't think the attenuation works on line in on any recorder I know of- just mic in.

It would be extremely simple to test on your 661 at home though if you have a battery box or preamp on hand. Just set up mics > pre (or battery box) > line in with attenuation at 0 and crank up the gain as high as possible. Talk into the mic and see where the meters are hitting. Then set the attenation to -18 and do the same thing. It should be extremely easy to tell if the meters are hitting about the same peaks or much lower. I assume they'd be about the same, meaning the attenuation does not work on line in.

If you don't have a pre or battery box, I suppose you could do the same test using the line out of a CD player or home stereo as the source.

[dactylus]

This topic needs to be locked and PT: 3 started.  We are at 26 pages.   

[datbrad]

This topic needs to be locked and PT: 3 started.  We are at 26 pages.   

Done. Thanks for the reminder.


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