Audio Woes

[Mark Welch]

Yes the A&H does have preamps – 24 of them. I’m just saying that the Heil seems to need much more gain for whatever reason. That isn’t my main problem. I just have an unacceptable noise floor on all my recordings.

Trying to identify what is introducing the noise. I suspect it has something to do with either the power source or the iMac itself.

Thanks

[Ty Ford]

Mark,

Then either the mic’s broken or the cable’s bad. Which A&H mixer? Try another mic, try another cable.

Regards,

Ty Ford

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[Jordan Wolf]

Richard,

From routine use on various consoles, I’ll vouch for needing to crank the gain with the venerable SM58. The PR40, I’ve never mixed with (would like to), but the PR35 and PR22 I own/use don’t require THAT much gain.

Wolf
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