Topic: [PT 2] M-Audio MicroTrack 2496 - *actual* real-life experiences thread

[MoFo2]

have you experienced RF noise on your recordings?

Yes, but I guess the chance is bigger in GA vs seated tickets. Just curious if there's some pouch I could perhaps have the MT (or any recorder for that matter) in to reduce/remove interference from cell phones. Isn't there something available for cell phones to reduce radiation or something like that?

MoFo2

[Ed.]

have you experienced RF noise on your recordings?

Yes, but I guess the chance is bigger in GA vs seated tickets. Just curious if there's some pouch I could perhaps have the MT (or any recorder for that matter) in to reduce/remove interference from cell phones. Isn't there something available for cell phones to reduce radiation or something like that?

MoFo2

i've heard lining your purse/bag with duct tape will get you pass sensors and alarms in departmant stores if you're trying to steal stuff - but i've never tried it, nor do i really plan on it.  perhaps you could just line a small pouch with mass quanties of duct tape and hope for the best.  *shrug*

again, i've never experienced the problem ever in all my taping experiences so i've never really gave it much thought.

[pfife]

Wrap it in tin foil, like moke does to his dome.   

[prof_peabody]

Wrap it in tin foil, like moke does to his dome.   

Moke was telling us the other day how the US government has replaced tin foil in supermarkets with some super dense malleable plastic in order to prevent people from building RF shields to protect them from mind probes.   

[Ed.]

no need to worry about mind probes, its the other probing you should be worried about.   i keed i keed

[L Ron Hoover]

Has anyone tried sending a line signal from a pre to this thing? How much will it take? I guess what I'm getting at is: Would I be better off going MP2mini>Microtrack (6db) or MP2XLR>Microtrack(16db)

I want to to a comp Saturday at Les Claypool. M300>MP2>MSBM1
                                                                M300>MP2>MT 24bit.

[it-goes-to-eleven]

Has anyone determined the amount of gain for the TRS inputs in line/low mode?

I'm also wondering what each meter bar represents in terms of gain (and whether each step adds the same for L, M, H).  So I know what to set for, say, 35dB of gain.

I'm also curious which sounds better:  Line mode with gain turned up, or the middle setting with the gain turned down.  Etc.


Hoover, ToddR seeded some line-in comps, v3, modsbm and MT.

[Todd R]

At the top of one of the MT threads, specs on the MT were posted, I think coming from Doug Oade.  Max gain on the TRS inputs was 55db, but I believe this included the +27db of "digital" boost.  Some folks over on Oade are saying this is some kind of analog gain, but since the manual speaks of "digitally boosting" the signal, I'm afraid it is just digital scaling that I'd stay away from.  We need to find out more about this +27db boost feature, but if we want to avoid it, it seems the MT may only have 28db of gain available 55db - 27db of digital boost).

Hoover -- I've got a bittorrent up at COtapers.org comparing line in on the MT to the V3 and modSBM1.

[John Kelly]

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[rdvdijk]

Has anyone determined the amount of gain for the TRS inputs in line/low mode?

I'm also wondering what each meter bar represents in terms of gain (and whether each step adds the same for L, M, H).  So I know what to set for, say, 35dB of gain.

Well, jboyzh sent me some samples of his MT, check this out. Maybe this answers your question?

http://home.rustradio.org/~rdvdijk/microtrack/

Roel

[udovdh]

At the top of one of the MT threads, specs on the MT were posted, I think coming from Doug Oade.  Max gain on the TRS inputs was 55db, but I believe this included the +27db of "digital" boost. 

The ADC has 12 dB of gain, so there is an OpAmp present as well?

[Sebastian]

i think cell phone noise would be rather rare.

Place your cell phone near your MicroTrack and call it. You will hear some very clear cell phone interference on your recording. At least I do...

[F.O.Bean]

i think cell phone noise would be rather rare.

Place your cell phone near your MicroTrack and call it. You will hear some very clear cell phone interference on your recording. At least I do...

and then try from across the room please if you can also hear noise from across the room, then this thing is looking worse and worse

but maybe that noise is just the mt when not recording music or anything loud that would mean it has a poor preamp/a>d path

[pfife]

i think cell phone noise would be rather rare.

Place your cell phone near your MicroTrack and call it. You will hear some very clear cell phone interference on your recording. At least I do...

and then try from across the room please if you can also hear noise from across the room, then this thing is looking worse and worse

but maybe that noise is just the mt when not recording music or anything loud that would mean it has a poor preamp/a>d path

Wow.... thats pretty craptacular!

[John Kelly]

i think cell phone noise would be rather rare.

Place your cell phone near your MicroTrack and call it. You will hear some very clear cell phone interference on your recording. At least I do...

and then try from across the room please if you can also hear noise from across the room, then this thing is looking worse and worse

but maybe that noise is just the mt when not recording music or anything loud that would mean it has a poor preamp/a>d path

Then do the same thing with your cell phone on top of your speakers. 

Also, check that when it's receiving a digital signal.