Im going to be running Hamptone HJFP2>AD500e and was wondering about gain stages. Ive had the AD500e for years and was thinking about how to set the gain stage of it compared to the HJFP2. Maybe my thinking is off cause Im thinking about recording in a studio, but Ive always set the first gain stage(that being the channel fader going to tape at unity) then adjusting my mic pre to get the proper levels. If I set the AD500e at Unity being 0. I dont get much room for my pre. So Im wondering if I should back up on the ad500e, but if I do that will I be adding some sort of gain stage compression? I'll be using an assortment of mics (basically whatever I can grab from the mic locker at work) What do you guys do? Do you have a set gain on your Pre's and then adjust with your A/Ds? Or do you set gain on your A/Ds and adjust with your pre's? Or both?
Thanks
Mike