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Gear / Technical Help => Ask The Tapers => Topic started by: limered on December 12, 2005, 11:29:33 AM
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I am recording band sessions with a DA-P1 and i need a setup that will not overlaod. I think I need to go line in with phantom power on the mics.
spending about £350 ($700)-
do you think AKG c391's or SP C4's ---> PS2 ---> DA-P1 would be ay good -
what would be your suggestions if the budget was $1200?
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ADK TLs>>>v2>>>silver cables DAP1
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No need for the PS2, as the DAP1 provides phantom power.
Also, running line in you can't use phantom - it'll have to be mic in.
For $700 I'd grab a pair of ADK TLs and run them straight into the DAP1.
Just my $.02
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No need for the PS2, as the DAP1 provides phantom power.
Also, running line in you can't use phantom - it'll have to be mic in.
For $700 I'd grab a pair of ADK TLs and run them straight into the DAP1.
Just my $.02
dpa 4061>>mps>>>dap1
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No need for the PS2, as the DAP1 provides phantom power.
Also, running line in you can't use phantom - it'll have to be mic in.
For $700 I'd grab a pair of ADK TLs and run them straight into the DAP1.
Just my $.02
but Nick, to run line in; to use the RCA inputs - you need a seperate external phantom power unit.
thanks for your contributions.
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No need for the PS2, as the DAP1 provides phantom power.
Also, running line in you can't use phantom - it'll have to be mic in.
For $700 I'd grab a pair of ADK TLs and run them straight into the DAP1.
Just my $.02
but Nick, to run line in; to use the RCA inputs - you need a seperate external phantom power unit.
thanks for your contributions.
Right, which is why I said you'd wanna run mic in. The pre/AD on the DAP1 is actually pretty nice. Strictly for band practices, I'd keep your costs down, just buy mics, and use the DAP1 for everything else.
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the trouble is - the levels on mic in are too high - it clips like mad.
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if it overloads, you can use the -20db pad as well ;)
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or get line transformers :)
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I put the 20 dB pad on, but there must be a way of doing it without having to, I've think the limiter upsets the signal path in some ways - it can lead to more static type distortion at non-clip levels can't it?
Are the line transformers readily available?
who makes them, are they the Hosa ones?
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the hosa ones i have seen online look ROCK SOLID FWIW
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http://www.hosatech.com/hosa/products/ATT-448.html
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thanks for the link Bean.
so the transformers are to heat up the signal - to be able to go line in - I've got XLR's and I need to go into the rca phono sockets - that would be XLR mic lead termination > transformers > rca line inputs.
so the MIT-435 - since I have RCA adaptors for 1/4 inch jack leads.
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cant you use that attenuator i linked you to go mic>attenuator>xlr input on the dap1, I believe the line in is active in either the rca's or the xlr's, but I havent used the dap1 in AWHILE
I always thought you could just run xlr in and switch the lever on top to the 'line' posistion ???
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I get what you're saying - get the attenuators to cool the signal go XLR in - but I'm not sure the XLr's are active when you switch to line input.
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I get what you're saying - get the attenuators to cool the signal go XLR in - but I'm not sure the XLr's are active when you switch to line input.
Id def ask someone around here that uises one ;)
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According to the manual - both the xlr and rca inputs are active at the same time regardless of the setting of the analog input switch.
So you should be fine going xlr in. I have heard though, that using the xlr as a line input essentially attenuates the signal so as to not overload the mic pre. Apparantly, the rca line in does not do this - I have always been told that it is better to use the rca - but I do not really know for sure...
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yes I read that you get a +4dB reference using XLR with line in setting. In the manual it refers to the analog/digital switch activating both sets of inputs and not the line/mic switch.