Re: Powered Microphones

2016-02-11 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Oh, yeah, true. If you have a pad switch, and that's on, then yes. Sometimes, that can cause some extra noise. You might actually be on to something there. I didn't realize you had a pad switch; thank you for clarifying. Does it cut down any of that extraneous noise if you turn that off? Ch

Re: Version 12 upgrade on the way

2016-02-11 Thread Slau Halatyn
Glad to hear everything's going well. Cool, Slau On Feb 11, 2016, at 10:45 AM, Ricky Prevatte wrote: > Slau Great job on the upgrade and working with avid. Daniel with Sweetwater > tech-support finished my install in less than 15 minutes this morning. I have > had an opportunity to explore ver

Re: Powered Microphones

2016-02-11 Thread Vaughn Brown
Hi Nick and Slau, Yes, that is what I was looking for. I am in contact with Sweetwater now to try and figure out which is the pad and which is the instrument. I really appreciate your answer. Chris, and Chris, perhaps I did not write my concerns clearly. Pad on and instrument off is what may be t

Re: Version 12 upgrade on the way

2016-02-11 Thread Ricky Prevatte
Slau Great job on the upgrade and working with avid. Daniel with Sweetwater tech-support finished my install in less than 15 minutes this morning. I have had an opportunity to explore version 12 just a bit this is great. Ricky Prevatte LMBT1154 > On Feb 10, 2016, at 8:59 PM, Christopher-Mark G

Re: Powered Microphones

2016-02-11 Thread Nickus de Vos
Hi Vaughn As Slau said, a pad or attenuator is where you should start. Condenser microphones will always be more sensitive than dynamic microphones. After getting your levels sorted you can look at mic placement to try sort out bleed and only after that reach for processing like gates. Sent fr

Re: Powered Microphones

2016-02-11 Thread Slau Halatyn
Hi Vaughn, When using condenser mics on loud sources like drums or amps, it's typical to use an attenuator (or pad) to decrease the output of the mic to the preamp. Condensers' outputs are significantly higher than dynamic mics which accounts for the difference in levels you're seeing. I'm not