On Saturday 23 August 2014 12:30:35 Ralf Mardorf did opine And Gene did reply: > On Sat, 2014-08-23 at 08:56 -0400, Grekim Jennings wrote: > > > On Sat, 2014-08-23 at 07:56 -0400, Grekim Jennings wrote: > > > > I have a Presonus Audiobox which can sound fine for an acoustic > > > > guitar, but throw a drum at it and it is automatically over full > > > > scale and unusable. > > > > > > Actually you cant blame a preamp, if the microphone is missing a > > > PAD switch. > > > > A pad would solve the problem, but it's hardly a requirement of a > > good microphone and a purist would probably say it's a bad idea to > > add that to a mic. It's just not a professional preamp so I didn't > > have high expectations. > > Some high class microphones for good reasons add a PAD switch. Some of > the best microphones can't accommodate all signal levels, IOW usually > the microphone's amp can't handle the input from the capsule. If the > microphone has got no PAD switch, then you need to back off the > microphone from the drums or what ever sound source does produce the > loudness. Indeed, if the microphones amp can handle the signal level, > using it's PAD switch isn't the best idea, OTOH inaudible more noise > and what ever else could be caused by the microphone's PAD switch is > better than not being able to use the microphone, even if not the > mic's amp should be the culprit. A mic-preamp should be able to handle > the input from all microphones. > > On Sat, 2014-08-23 at 10:00 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:> > > > That is not something I have seen in a mike, but one really should > > carry an adapter to allow the mike to be fed into a line input. > > Neuman and Brauner microphones provide it. Not all microphones need it. > > > But my lifelong familiarity with tinnitus started in that quonset > > hut. > > Audio engineers should live in cities. At the moment I'm able to hear > my tinnitus, perhaps it's louder, because I've got a cold, but usually > the noise from the city is that loud, that I can't hear my tinnitus. > > > And I haven't heard a cricket in 50 some years. > > I'm still able to hear crickets. Perhaps your occupational disease is > more serious.
And has had 40 more years for the 120+ db noise abuse that causes it, to cause it. I do have some decades on you, Ralf. :) I can hear it right now, over the noise of several computer fans in this room. > Anyway, many audio engineers suffer from tinnitus, but > usually they don't suffer from being cloth-eared, because they did > something stupid, as many other, even young people do. I'm not sure if > the audio engineer's occupational disease tinnitus is caused by audio > signals, tension (mental and/or of the musculature) could cause this > too. > > Regards, > Ralf > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> US V Castleman, SCOTUS, Mar 2014 is grounds for Impeaching SCOTUS _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
