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The input impedance is quite comfortable for a soundhole pickup, but a bit uncomfortably low for an unbuffered piezo. The typical electret mic element would probably need 20dB or so of gain to compete with the internal pickup level at this point. FYI: To verify that it actually works, I did not use a mic signal,

Mic Preamps
Agreed since mic preamps are generally quieter than mics, and certainly quieter than mics in a real space. Not really, as I'm mostly recording outside soundscapes in rather quiet environments where the wanted signal is quite weak and the mics' gain is cranked way up. Same question - are you getting flat-topping?

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I plugged in a Peavy uni-directional dynamic microphone, which has an XLR output. Included with it is an XLR to TS unbalanced mic cable. Due to its TS jack, I had to plug this mic into the TS line input on the mixer. However, I had to crank the gain to maximum before I get a really low signal in.

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I took pieces of plywood and put them in two diagnal corners and it tightened up a bit, but I am looking for more tips for tightening low end without dampening or Might even be the mic/signal chain you're using for the kick. There's a million things you could try, of course, and you may have done some of these

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From a purely electronic standpoint, it seems that there are $5 op amps that, on paper at least, ought to be able to boost a mic signal at audio frequencies to line level with a very high degree of fidelity over a very broad frequency range and with very low noise. So what's the deal?

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It boosts the mic signal going to the record circuitry or lowers it. Whether you call it record level or mic sensitivity is a matter of semantics. I believe the settings are low mic sensitivity and high mic sensitivity, not low record level and high record level as you state. On my MZ-N910, under REC SET,

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What confuses me is that I read almost everywhere I look on the internet that DI's, passive or active, do three things: (1) balance unbalanced signals, (2) change high impedance signals to low impedance signals (or let low impedance signals stay low impedance), and (3) change line-level signals to mic-level.

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Included with it is an XLR to TS unbalanced mic cable. Due to its TS jack, I had to plug this mic into the TS line input on the mixer. A standard XLR mic cable is what you need for that mixer, and check to make sure if the mic is a dual impedance type, if so, set it to low z, there should be a switch,

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Didn't ask for perfect sound or a low-noise setup. Why bother to respond just to be negative? Ed and others, thanks for the helpful responses. I'll try the AT, or just get a USB mic for laying down practice tracks. Sometimes this group is a lot of work.... I bought an MR-8 for recording and needed phantom power so

Speaker signal and mic signal in the same snake?
Dave nos...@spamalot.net rec music makers guitar jazz However, once you get signal and you know everything is working, here's what I'd do to fix the impedance mismatch: He The LoZ mic has no problem, impedance-wise, driving the HiZ instrument input, it's just that the output voltage of the mic is too low.

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(Acoustic) Pickup -> Computer Recording?
gmail.com wrote: It seems counterproductive to step a line level signal down to mic level which then requires gain to get it back to line level. Yes, it SEEMS that way, but what you want in order to avoid hum in the line is: 1. A balanced output 2. A low impedance 3. A balanced input A transformer provides all of

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