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Gear / Technical Help => Recording Gear => Topic started by: poorlyconditioned on October 28, 2004, 11:54:07 AM
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I've got a (stock) Edirol UA5.
If I get a board patch, which input should I use? What cables would I likely need? I could either use the front Neutrix (sp?) connectors, perhaps an XLR or 1/4" (unbalanced?) plug, and set gain very low. The manual states that gain goes from 0dB to 50dB. Or I could use the back RCA jacks. Those are standard consumer (-10dB?) line level, right? Ideally I want to use one input from the board and one input from a condenser mic. Is this possible?
Second question: does anyone know what the stock mic preamps are? I know it uses 4580 opamps for the mixer parts. Does it use those for the mic preamp as well?
Thanks for any info...
Richard
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welcome fellow canuck,
all the info you're after is searchable on this board but I'll give you some quick answers.
- rears are more appropriate for board feed as they provide the sometimes required attenuation. front goes from unity to +50 with no opportunity to cut a hot signal
- most boards in the kitchener/waterloo area are just gonna have 1/4" unbalanced outputs so there is no benefit in running XLRs
- run the mic(s) to the front input, board to the rear - that way you can adjust gain on each source independently. The output will be mixed on the fly, no chance to redo it later (unless you're doing two mono channels).
- stock opamps are 4570s
I know you were recording on md before and probably know that you won't get a digital out without modding your UA-5 but just thought I'd mention it.
david
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welcome fellow canuck,
all the info you're after is searchable on this board but I'll give you some quick answers.
- rears are more appropriate for board feed as they provide the sometimes required attenuation. front goes from unity to +50 with no opportunity to cut a hot signal
- most boards in the kitchener/waterloo area are just gonna have 1/4" unbalanced outputs so there is no benefit in running XLRs
- run the mic(s) to the front input, board to the rear - that way you can adjust gain on each source independently. The output will be mixed on the fly, no chance to redo it later (unless you're doing two mono channels).
- stock opamps are 4570s
Dear Dave,
Hello, and thanks for the help!
Yes, I'm currently recording to HiMD (PCM, 94min per disk). I'm thinking of using the UA5 with a laptop for now. Maybe later to a NJB3 or another hard drive recorder.
Richard