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Gear / Technical Help => Ask The Tapers => Topic started by: marsev on August 21, 2009, 03:14:44 PM
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Sorry if my questions are laughable at times...
I am getting a Battery Box (never used one before) and some CA-11's.
I won't have enough time to test this setup before I tape THE show it's intended for.
I don't want any surprises.
I have never used my line-in jack...on a Sony Minidisc MZ-R50.
Could there be any overload or problem using plug-in power jack plus the BB?
I am half-blind in my procedures. All I know is my player has an automatic limiter that keeps sounds from clipping.
I have never adjusted anything on it. I just plug in and go.
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Sorry if my questions are laughable at times...
I am getting a Battery Box (never used one before) and some CA-11's.
I won't have enough time to test this setup before I tape THE show it's intended for.
I don't want any surprises.
I have never used my line-in jack...on a Sony Minidisc MZ-R50.
Could there be any overload or problem using plug-in power jack plus the BB?
I am half-blind in my procedures. All I know is my player has an automatic limiter that keeps sounds from clipping.
I have never adjusted anything on it. I just plug in and go.
DO NOT use the limiter, or your recording will be ruined.
I believe MD decks (some) have different plug-in power than the old DATs did or the Edirol R-09 has.. but the safe thing to do, and what everyone will tell you, is use the line-in.
Is this a rock (or at least, amplified) concert? If it is a quiet, non-amplified type thing sometimes you can or even should use the plug in power.
But generally, again, the rule is, line-in. AND DO NOT USE THE LIMITER. Those aren't really made for recording music - more useful for voice.
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I won't have enough time to test this setup
I don't want any surprises.
Good luck with that. ;D At least crank up your home stereo and try it out.
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Yes, loud rock music. In small/medium sized clubs.
When I say it has a limiter, I just mean I never get clipping and I do NOT make any adjustments.
My MD model apparantly has a built-in feature that keeps things from clipping.
It may not pass professional inspection, but in my use/experience I have made some great recordings
(for the setup I have).
I know I should use line-in! I'm just wondering if plug-in power + a BB will overload anything.
I guess line-in REQUIRES power?....since I tried using it today (for voice) and nothing recorded.
Yes, I will at least test on my home stereo, but my stereo power couldn't match the sound pressure of a live show.
I might go to a car stereo booombooom shop next door and ask those hoodlums if I can make some experimental recordings....
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Yes, loud rock music. In small/medium sized clubs.
When I say it has a limiter, I just mean I never get clipping and I do NOT make any adjustments.
My MD model apparantly has a built-in feature that keeps things from clipping.
It may not pass professional inspection, but in my use/experience I have made some great recordings
(for the setup I have).
I know I should use line-in! I'm just wondering if plug-in power + a BB will overload anything.
I guess line-in REQUIRES power?....since I tried using it today (for voice) and nothing recorded.
Yes, I will at least test on my home stereo, but my stereo power couldn't match the sound pressure of a live show.
I might go to a car stereo booombooom shop next door and ask those hoodlums if I can make some experimental recordings....
The battery box with the mics should provide sufficient power to run through the line in jack. If it won't, then go mic-in.
Any "limiter" feature built into a deck should be able to be turned off. You want to be sure you do that. MD units are fine for recording - just be sure you go line in like you would with anything else.
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Sony Mini-Discs don't have limiters. They have a defeatable auto level control. Always turn this off. Otherwise you will have no dynamic range in your recording among other problems.