Hi all!
I'd like to start off by saying how absolutely amazing this site is. Mad props to the moderators and everyone who keeps this site informative, interesting and positive. I have yet to see a single cynical or inappropriate comment made by anyone... which I find truly amazing on an open web forum.
So, here's my deal, I've finally left my ProTools rig behind and gone portable, putting down some bucks on the UA5->JB3 combo and am getting ready to do the UA5 digimod. The problem is, I bought the UA5 on eBay and I find that the mic preamp level seems to be REALLY low. If I hook up a simple SM58, for instance, and try to record some spoken word, I need to crank up the sens level ALL THE WAY to get any level. Is this a normal feature of this box? I noticed that there isn't a -20db pad on the pre's so I was thinking that they may have just built the pad right into the sens level. Or, maybe I just bought a piece O' crap box...
Anyone else out there have this experience?
Thanks!
-B