sadtomato Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 Last year I bought a Sharp MD-MT190, SoundProfessionals filter (the SP-SPSB-1) with pre-amp, adjustable bass roll-off and volume ctrl options and Core Sound mics. The sound is pretty good for a $500 set up, but it is really sensitive. I took it to record in Eastern Europe this summer and the sound cracked really easily with brass instruments, drums or high singing. Aside from lowering the recording volume (which gets a bit hissy, even with Line In), what can I do? Is one of these more sensitive to that stuff than the others? Would a $200 DAT be better, or is that just too little to pay for a passable DAT? Advice appreciated! Kristin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDX-400 Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 Kristin, you have a good question there (unfortunately I'm not very familiar with mic recordings myself so I don't have an answer ); but I think you might get a better answer for this question in the Live Recording Forum so I'm going to move the topic there (and leave a ghost-link here if possible). Roland M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 I don't have your setup, but from what you describe, your battery box/ pre-amp should give you good fidelity across a very wide dynamic range, brasses and singing included. Is it possible you were getting wind noise in your mics? That might be solvable with wind screens. If not, I'd suggest writing techsupport @ Sound Professionals (take out the spaces) and asking them what to do, because that setup should be able to handle a whole lot of decibels, and they would know what the best settings are. They're usually quite helpful. And copy their reply to the board here if you can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferenc Posted April 2, 2004 Report Share Posted April 2, 2004 Try bypassing the preamp (maybe clipping occurs at the fisrt amplifier stage), that is mic -> battery box -> LINE IN. Brass winds and East-European singing can be very loud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadtomato Posted April 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 Thanks everyone. I e-mailed the Sound Professionals and will post their reply. Unfortunately, my set up stinks w/out the pre-amp, because I can't hear *anything* -- even loud recordings. Kristin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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