Topic: Apogee Mini-MP to PMD 671 - where to apply gain?

[Simp-Dawg]

so i've run this thing a few times and so far i'm happy with the sound...but i'm not sure where to focus the gain on this thing.
so far i'm running gain around 30+db and the output knob at around 0, then about 8-9 on the 671.

should i run the pre's hot on the apogee and back off the output and/or input on the 671?
keep running the 671 open and adjust the output on the mini-MP?
run the 671 open and run the pre's hot, and back off on the output?

i guess the output on the MP is what i'm most curious about...does it add gain and/or attenuate the signal?  where will i get the most bang for my buck?

[OOK]

I would run the 671 at 40% and let the apogee run the rest.  You could probably go lower on the 671.  The Mini mp has( to steal a quote, "gain for days").  0-+75 db of gain, thats a lot....

I would love to here some of your recordings with this combo..can you point me to some that you may have uploaded...

[ehren]

hey josh,

Doug told me when I bought the 671 to run it at 7, for whatever reason he felt that was the best setting for the 671. I would run at 7 and then adjust the mp accordingly, usually about 20db.

Hope that helps

[sygdwm]

i have only run the m148 in front, but it seems i was always in the 6-8 range on the 671.

[Simp-Dawg]

I would run the 671 at 40% and let the apogee run the rest.  You could probably go lower on the 671.  The Mini mp has( to steal a quote, "gain for days").  0-+75 db of gain, thats a lot....

I would love to here some of your recordings with this combo..can you point me to some that you may have uploaded...

i have not yet uploaded anything i've taped with the combo but will hopefully be doing so over the weekend

[Nick's Picks]

yea, keeping the 671 in the 7+ range is where you want to be.
keep that output on the Apogee set at 0 unless you need to drop it down

[Brian]

IMHO, analog gain is always better than digital gain. if there is an option to run the pre at unity gain for the output, that makes it easier i suppose, but i always try to run the preamp as hot as possible.

[sygdwm]

IMHO, analog gain is always better than digital gain. if there is an option to run the pre at unity gain for the output, that makes it easier i suppose, but i always try to run the preamp as hot as possible.

the dial on the 671 does not apply gain. it is an attenuator.