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Gear / Technical Help => Microphones & Setup => Topic started by: BJ on February 26, 2004, 10:19:45 PM
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I thought I remember reading in a post that the Oktava mc 012's shouldn't be run with the -10db pad on them? I searched several times..but could not find the post.... Can anyone tell me if it is bad to use it? what exactly does it do?
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i never run it. Just not useful and doesn't add anything. Unless you were right in front of a stack i dont see why you would need it.
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Taylor from the soundroom says to never use them. other tapers have used it for their shows claiming good results.
I'd go to a crummy local show and try one set with and one without, or even just run them for a crummy opening act.
I remember seeing that thread, maybe scroll through every page? (I've done that before and I found a whole bunch of other useful oktava threads)
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The word from sound room was that the -10 db pads are very poorly built and can degrade the signal considerably.
That being said, I've never needed to run them, even in tiny clubs with really loud PAs.
Bob
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ive never bothered to use mine, they just sit in the case unused.
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I don't think that they are really needed even at really loud shows.
Those Oktava's seem to be pretty resistant to spl...