Hello,
I recently recorded a nice showcase in front of an intimate audience, using my Sony MZ-R700 MD and SoundPro's SP-BMC-12.
I plugged the mics and battery-box (set at 69Hz) into the "mic-in" plug and set the recording level manually (05/30).
The sound of my tape don't even reach the -12dB peak, but I'm getting distortions...
Is my microphone's output too "hot" for the integrated preamp of my MD?
MZ-R700PC microphone input:
Minimum input level: 0.25mV
SP-BMC-12:
>Signal To Noise Ratio: 60 dB, 1 kHz at 1 Pa
>Dynamic Range: 81dB without battery module, 96dB with battery module
>Frequency Response: 20- 20,000 Hz
>Open Circuit Sensitivity: -42 dB (5.6 mV) re 1V at 1 Pa
>Maximum Input Sound Level: 110 dB SPL, 1 kHz at 1% T.H.D. (125dB when powered by our battery module)
Thanks in advance.
-Frank
Brickwall: (pulled this off of Victor Yiu's D7/D8 page)
"Brickwalling occurs when the output of your microphones is too hot for the preamp you are using (either the deck's input or an outboard mic-line amp), which results in the preamp being overloaded.