smkranz Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 Took my gear (NH900, Sound Pros in-ear binaurals) to an outdoor bluegrass festival to test and play with. The music was amplified by two large arrays of speakers on either side of the stage, and my happy self was seated next to my cooler of brewskies right about in the middle of the stage, and maybe 150 feet away. No battery box, no volume attenuator. Tested peak levels, and set them manually to 9/30 which resulted in peaks barely exceeding the mid-point on the rec level meter.As youse who have done this more than I have can probably surmise, virtually all songs with any bass have a real ugly thunk where there should be bass. Next step is either a RS volume attenuator, or maybe the Reactive Boost Box down the road a ways. If I really cared about these particular recordings, there are a few that are potentially salvagable, if the bass overload was the only problem...But here I was out in the sun , listening to some of my favorite bands, enjoying some cold ones with a few buddies. Then I opened up a bag of Terra Chips and started munching away. These are damn tasty snacks, but they are also way crunchy. Guess what the predominant sound in my recordings is? The crunchy sound comes through my in-ear mics so loud and clear, it prompts a Pavlovian salivation response when I listen to it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skradgee Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 Hey...what a story. Thanks for sharing. I can almost hear those chips being crunched on now.I need to get a bass rolloff box or volume attenuator too. I know bass drum hits are maxing out my recordings, but...it hasen't really botherd me or been very noticeable until now. So...the RS volume attenuator helps keep from maxing out the preamp, even when it's turned all the way up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozpeter Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 If you need to go below about 13/30, you can be pretty sure you're going to get distortion from the overloaded mic preamp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted May 18, 2005 Report Share Posted May 18, 2005 ...the RS volume attenuator helps keep from maxing out the preamp, even when it's turned all the way up?←That's exactly what it does. You never need to turn it any lower. (You might want to tape it in that position, as Deadwing has suggested.) You'll also want to turn your manual volume level to something in the low 20s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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