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Title: What wires?
Post by: bassdrum200 on July 19, 2004, 07:46:20 PM

mmmmk.  im totally new at this and i need to know what wires to buy.  im planning on a couple schoeps>apogee mini me>jb3

also should i buy a preamp even though there is one in the mini me?

Title: Re: What wires?
Post by: Tim on July 19, 2004, 09:10:10 PM

if you have the money, get a preamp to go infront of the minime. I like the way the V2 and the MiniMp sound with the minime, ymmv. The Oade m148 also sounds nice but it's not variable gain and you'll have to use a screwdriver to adjust levels. There is an Oade m248 for sale still in the yard sale section, the schoeps/m248/apogee combo is hard to beat imo. I'd buy it, if I had the funds, http://www.taperssection.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=19771.0

as for mic cables (not wires) you'll need a 15 foot pair to go from mics to minime. If you get a seperate pre to go wth the minime you'll also need a 3foot pair to go from preamp to minime. How much do you want to sepnd? There are a lot of options available to you.

Title: Re: What wires?
Post by: bassdrum200 on July 19, 2004, 09:31:39 PM

ill look into a preamp- probably an mp

what would i use to hook up the mini me to a jb3?

also i see on source sometimes people put (for example) mini me>dat>jb3.  could someone please explain this to me? is it just backing up the file or is it something more?

Title: Re: What wires?
Post by: Brian on July 20, 2004, 01:22:20 PM

you can take the optical out of the minime to the jb3.  i think the plug on the minime is a toslink so you would need to get a toslink to mini optical cable.

as for the source info, the taper either ran both a jb3 and d8 by sending the optical out to the jb3 and the coax out to the dat. or someone with a jb3 was patched out of the dat.  most likely the former.

HELLO! MY name is DUMBASS! thanks tim.

you're going to need a digital converter box to convert the coax signal to an optical signal to run mme>jb3.  the hosa box has been tested and approved by tapers.  Dr. Phob is currently investigating into the very affordable radio shack converter box.

Title: Re: What wires?
Post by: Tim on July 20, 2004, 01:32:03 PM

No optical on the minime, only on the ad500e and the ad1000

Title: Re: What wires?
Post by: Brian on July 20, 2004, 01:44:29 PM

woops that's right..... haven't had my breakfast yet :(

Title: Re: What wires?
Post by: F.O.Bean on July 20, 2004, 01:51:23 PM

and if youve never setup mics and taped, it may not be for you, just keep that in mind before you spend 5k on gear ;)