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RE: microphone hum
Will a cheap Radio Shack mixer be enough just to get rid of this hum?
-----Original Message-----
From: sine@zerocrossing.net [mailto:sine@zerocrossing.net]
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 4:58 PM
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: Re: microphone hum
Well, you can do a search at any site like Musician's Friend
(www.musiciansfriend.com) or zzounds.com and search under mic preamp. That
should do it. There's a lot to choose from.
However, I wouldn't go that route exactly. Rather than buying a
specialized
mic pre amp, I'd go with a nice Mackie or Soundcraft mixer. They've
already
got pretty good mic preamps built in. As good as the stand alone ones?
Mostly not, but unless you've got a high end sound card, you'll probably
not
here much difference, and the functionality the mixer will give you is
crucial
for most recording anyway.
I purchased a cheap Behringer mixer for $140 and it seems OK, but I have
yet
to compare it to my wife's Mackie for mic pre quality. I got it because my
Soundcraft is too big and "installed" in my studio to take out, and I was
tired of tearing down and setting up my wife's recording stuff every time I
giged. If you're on a budget, this might be the way to go. Has anyone
else
made a comparison to Mackie and Behringer mixers?
Mark Sottilaro
MIKO wrote:
> Molto grazi(e). Can you point me to a web site that discusses or sells
> "pre-amps?"
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clifford Novey [mailto:om@om-studios.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 4:02 PM
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: Re: microphone hum
>
> Use a decent preamp and use line input on soundcard not mic input- if it
is
> a budget souncard invest in something better.
> Cliff
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "MIKO" <m-i-k-o@attbi.com>
> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 3:55 PM
> Subject: microphone hum
>
> > Hooked into my sound card, a standard microphone has a background tinny
> hum.
> > With my HP, this was less of a problem.
> > I don't understand the problem. Can anyone tell me how to resolve
>this?
> >
> >