michele Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 Today I plug my bass straight into my MD (Sony MZ-NH700) and I like the result except for:1- A lot of buzz when I turn the potenziometers (e.g. when cut the volume at the end of the recording or when soloing a pick-up)2- It records only on the right channel.I see you laughin' but ... help this dummy MD newbie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ_Palmer Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 You'll have to either use a mono to stereo converter, or record in mono mode (you need to switch to NetMD mode on your NH700. Your bass only outputs a mono signal.Maybe use the recording level on the MD unit rather than on the bass, anyway, you won't get perfect results - I guess you could even blow the mic input circuits... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michele Posted February 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 (edited) Oh my God, don't tell me this! I guess that lowering the rec level is safe enough! Hope I don't kill the unit just to record a stupid bass line of mines! Edited February 9, 2005 by michele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Sim Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 I am also the owner of an NH700 and have a friend that liked mine and bought his own NH700 he plays electric guitar and when to radioshack and found a cord that was 1/4 inch(male) mono on one end and stereo 1/8 inch(male) at the other end he plugs the 1/4 inch into his electric and the 1/8 inch into the mic input in his MH700. He hasn't informed me of any difficuties so far.Any noise you hear could be caused by:A: The fact you are using the mono plug in a stereo jack.B: You problem could also be from an AC adaptor (note: I discused this problem in an other forum search for forums involving "Mr Sim" to see that discussion)Note: unless your guitar has a 9V preamp your guitar actually needs the phantom power provided by the mic port.Hook up your headphones to your 1/8 inch out and set your NH700's output volume to max (30/30) and do a few test records starting at low sensitivity and slowly bring up the sensitivity ontill it sounds goodNote: don't usee earbud headphones the don't have good low range response. Try to find some padded headphones with lots of bass response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Sim Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 I talked with my friend that records his electric on his NH700 and he told me that he keeps his mic sense low and that he would try recording with a bass guitar and give me sme recomendations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michele Posted February 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 Thanks Mr Sim!My first mistake: I had Mic Sens High selected!!!Any other suggestion is welcome!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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