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Title: How hot do you run your MiniMe?
Post by: NOLAfishwater on April 30, 2008, 02:54:01 PM

I just got one today and did a dry run in the living room AKG414>MiniMe>MTII

What I found is that running it in the green with an occasional yellow light seems to work. How do you run yours?

Do you ever run the SL or the SLC?

Curve 1, 2, or 3?

Help please.

Title: Re: How hot do you run your MiniMe?
Post by: stirinthesauce on May 01, 2008, 12:02:05 AM

no curve, no slc.  Just do the soft limit.  It kicks in at -4 and slightly rounds off to -2.  I prefer to keep my levels at around -9 to -6 (I monitor on my p2) but the soft limit has saved my butt with over anxious bass players laying bombs or the soundguy thinking he is being funny. 

Title: Re: How hot do you run your MiniMe?
Post by: jlykos on May 02, 2008, 01:14:46 AM

I never use the curves or the soft limit; I just run it normally.  I usually have it bouncing yellow, and if it bounces up to red once or twice in the show, it will not kill me.  The MiniMe can take one hell of a hot signal without clipping.  I find that I really don't need a lot of gain with it, but it depends on the show.  For large shows in the sheds, I will have the knobs at about 9:00; for smaller club shows, it goes up to about 11:00, but it all depends.

Title: Re: How hot do you run your MiniMe?
Post by: OOK on May 02, 2008, 11:49:30 AM

Quote from: NOLAfishwater on April 30, 2008, 02:54:01 PM

I just got one today and did a dry run in the living room AKG414>MiniMe>MTII

What I found is that running it in the green with an occasional yellow light seems to work. How do you run yours?

Do you ever run the SL or the SLC?

Curve 1, 2, or 3?

Help please.

I used a minime for a long time and sold it......I miss it terribly...but thats another story.....anyway I always ran the soft limit and ran levels hot on my deck....I had them peak between 6 and 4.  The limit is super soft....I never heard it engage, but I know that it did on many ocassions.  The curves add compression into the mix.  Its not something you are ever really going to use, unless its soft acoustic music that needs a little bump.  I never used it.  For concert purposes you will likley never use it.  hope this helps...
Peace   OOK ;D

Title: Re: How hot do you run your MiniMe?
Post by: JoeKiller on May 02, 2008, 11:56:55 AM

If I'm feeling lazy or the sound is unpredictable I'll go with the soft limit.  Never run anything beyond that.  I like to have full green on the bottom and the middle blipping.  Yellows at the highs.  How's that for technical!

Title: Re: How hot do you run your MiniMe?
Post by: rowjimmy on May 02, 2008, 08:13:04 PM

I borrowed a schoeps mk21>cmc6>mini-me rig a while back. The advice from the owner was to run it HOT. First outing, I ran it conservative, never allowing it to hit a red... The recording had a ton of headroom. Next time I let it peak in the reds and the result was great.

Naturally, YMMV.

Title: Re: How hot do you run your MiniMe?
Post by: silentmark on May 06, 2008, 03:53:58 PM

Flickering yellow and you are set, of course YMMV ...

Title: Re: How hot do you run your MiniMe?
Post by: JoeKiller on May 06, 2008, 06:34:06 PM

i love u flickering yellow, so juicy.