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Title: USBPre compatability
Post by: mmmatt on March 18, 2005, 11:34:59 AM

Just for the record.  USBPre units from Sound Devices ARE NOT compatable with Studio Projects c-4 mics.  I just got call back from SD today and that is what their tech told me after inspecting my pre and mics.  The SP c-1's work fine however.

Matt

Title: Re: USBPre compatability
Post by: Brian Skalinder on March 18, 2005, 12:09:09 PM

Did they say why?  Seems odd...

Title: Re: USBPre compatability
Post by: mmmatt on March 18, 2005, 12:13:57 PM

Quote from: Brian Skalinder on March 18, 2005, 12:09:09 PM

Did they say why?  Seems odd...

It has to do with the capacitance of the pre and the capacitance of the mics.  This is the first pair of mics they have ever had a usbpre conflict with.  I think they would work with an outboard phantom unit.  They are supposed to send me the technical version in an e-mail and I will post it if they do.  I assume the c-4s wouldn't work with any SD pre as themp-2 and mixpre have this same problem with quite a few mics.  Not sure what I'm going to do... lug around LD's for aud recordings, buy an outboard phantom unit, or go back to a ua-5/jb3 setup.

Matt