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RE: attenuating HiMD mic input (was draft procedure..)

Subject: RE: attenuating HiMD mic input (was draft procedure..)
From: "Gene Dorcas" <>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 20:01:33 -0500
Ok.   Thanks.  I'll not spend the time trying it.

Thanks,
Gene

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From: 
 On Behalf Of Dan Dugan
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 7:11 PM
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Subject: RE: [Nature Recordists] attenuating HiMD mic input (was draft
procedure..)

Gene Dorcas wrote:

>The "low" sensitivity setting works ok but sometimes the when I import to
>Audition the amplitude is very low

In that case you should have been using a higher gain setting... Is 
this with a dish?

>and when I increase the amplitude I think
>I am also amplifying any MD pre noise at the same time so I would be
happier
>if I had some variable control over the mic sensitivity.
>
>I wonder if anyone has simply used a variable resistor network (L-pad or
>other) as an attenuator.  My present thinking is that this would give me
>more flexibility. I would appreciate being corrected if my reasoning is
>wrong.

I don't think you can pad with plug-in-power.

-Dan Dugan



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Loudspeakers are not birds,
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