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Title: Should I increase my levels on the JB3
Post by: jasonw on October 07, 2006, 11:26:51 AM

Alright guys,

I am headed to a little local "festival" and this will be my second offical taping outing.

Should I be increasing my levels on the JB3 right to the point where they are close to clipping?  I did so last time and I had to go to +12 (bluegrass-ish)...

I dont have a svu-1 and my UA-5 is on the way so for now what should I be doing as far as the levels go?

I am running
AT853 > battbox > JB3


EDITED to say:  I have read through the JB3 FAQ

Title: Re: Should I increase my levels on the JB3
Post by: willndmb on October 07, 2006, 02:41:21 PM

i personally like to run levels hot
but as you prob know the jb3 levels are kinda hard to work with, so you might want to keep them lowere
its better to have a recording you need to turn up vs one thats cliped and unlistenable

Title: Re: Should I increase my levels on the JB3
Post by: 69mako on October 09, 2006, 01:02:53 AM

The hottest I've dared to run way +6 on a rock band about 20 feet from the stage.  No problems with clipping.  Like willndmb said, its better to run a little lower and amplify in post.

Title: Re: Should I increase my levels on the JB3
Post by: mmadd29 on October 09, 2006, 03:10:44 PM

I tape a lot of metal, and I just leave the levels at zero.  This is probably anywhere from 20 - 40 ft from the stage.  The file in Cool Edit looks like there is hardly anything there, but when normalized is just fine.

Title: Re: Should I increase my levels on the JB3
Post by: beathydrolysis on October 09, 2006, 08:47:18 PM

does your battery box have levels?  if it does I'd give the JB3 +12 then control the dbs from the battery box.  attached is the pic that has been floating around indicating where you want your levels to peak.  But as has already been mentioned better too soft than too hot