I have C1000s running into a Mixpad 4. I taped Guster last night and got some pretty wicked distortion. I really just put this rig together and have had very very very little practice with it. I had my preamps running as hot as they could. 50 db of gain. Can you overload the preamps? I think this is what I may have done. I am posting a short sample to give an idea of what I mean. The max SPL on these mics is able 130 db so I do not think it is the mics themselves. Thanks. Any input is appreciated. Thank you all so much for being such a helpful community.
Jason
i always ran the levels as follows:
1st gain: 20db (this is all memory i could be wrong)
2nd gain: just 0db
3rd gain: just under 0db
d8 level: just so it was under 0db's on the level meter
i recommend running phantom power with the mixpad. Just gives you a better understanding of where your levels are at.
Ill send you some tapes of differenet level settings.
Did you listen to the clip? Do you think that is what happend... What do you mean by first gain, second gain, third gain? I am assuming this
1st gain=mic trim
2nd gain=channel gain
3rd gain=main level
Quote from: shroominhumpy on February 29, 2004, 10:59:20 PM
Did you listen to the clip? Do you think that is what happend... What do you mean by first gain, second gain, third gain? I am assuming this
1st gain=mic trim
2nd gain=channel gain
3rd gain=main level
yes thats correct