Help me fill in the question marks. I ran the schoeps last night for the first time line in on the JB3. I had the gain setting on the VMS box set to 20 db (its lowest setting) and the gain setting on the JB3 to +6. On the recording there's all sorts of artifacts from the hard drive or whatever else causes the noise in the JB3 recordings. This is not going to work. Here's what I'm thinking.
-> AD-20 -> JB3 The cheapest option, as there's a few in the YS. What worries me though is the 17 db of gain the AD-20 adds. Can I use attenuators somehow to combat this?
-> R1 I hear the A-D is pretty good in the R1. I'd also be able to get into 24 bit recordings. $700 is kinda tough to wrestle up though, after dropping 2k on schoeps though.
-> SBM-1 -> JB3. I used this before, and was happy with the results. I just concerned in dropping $400 on 16 bit technology.
other (you suggest.) Help me make a decision on what to do. Also, if anyone has an AD-20, or a sbm-1 with an optical out (or 7-pin->optical cable) or anything else I can put between the VMS and the JB3 for sunday's moe show and Tuesdays Derek Trucks band, and is willing to lend it to me, let me know asap