Clint, you asked,
>I am curious to know more
>about M/S decoding cicuitry and need to know if this is neccessary
>in a preamp or can be done later with software.
Easy to do later. The reason people put it in preamps and/or
recorders is for monitoring stereo in the field. Some people have no
problem listening to MS, I'd rather hear it decoded myself.
>Also I was wanting
>two channels with XLR inputs but I dont know how important it is to
>have XLR outputs and was thinking unbalanced 1/4 line outs would be
>sufficent or would that degrade quality.
No problem.
>Now I am even wondering if
>I should have extra XLR inputs, maybe 3 or 4?
Then look at Sound Devices 442.
>I require the 48v
>phantom power. Some of the lowpass filtering options look usefull
>also.
I think you mean high pass (same as low cut). A good survival tool
when things get difficult.
>I also liked the option of bypassing any onboard A/D converters a
>preamp may have to enable using another recording machines A/D's. In
>the case of the Aerco it has no A/D circuitry anyway but the sound
>devices does and I don't believe it can be switched out of circuit.
The only Sound Devices products with converters are the 7xx recorders
and the USBPre, not to be confused with MixPre.
>I think small portable and simple is best so I would like advice
>from other users what they consider to be the most important
>features a preamp should have after the sound quality (silence).
>thanks again.
Balanced input, quiet preamps, 48V phantom, lots of gain, metering,
high-pass filters, long battery life.
-Dan Dugan
"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause
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