23 Aug
2014
23 Aug
'14
6:57 p.m.
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:
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:>
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.
On Sat,
2014-08-23 at 07:56 -0400, Grekim Jennings wrote:
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. 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. 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. 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
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