Dan,
are you saying that gina had an external mic preamp between her mics and bo=
th mic
inputs to use all the amplification from the external mic preamp or add to =
the FR2-LE pre
amp?
Secondly, are you saying you used your external mic preamp for one channel =
and the FR2-
LE mic pre amp for the 2nd channel? And that the results were that you got =
an equal gain
from both mics with that configuration?
If that's true, I don't see why you have to turn the gain (volume?) all the=
way up to get
enough levels to read.
Sorry, I'm new at this (had to look up MP-2).
Lily
>
> Gina had recently acquired a nice rig: 3032s, a Jecklin Disk, and an
> FR2-LE. The Cornell gang told her that it was unsuitable for nature
> recording because there wasn't enough gain! Someone loaned her an MP-2 =
> that she used patched into the mic inputs [sic!]. When we met at the
> workshop she was all bummed that her new gear wasn't going to be what =
> she expected. She was preparing to either buy a preamp or replace the =
> recorder.
>
> Martyn and I begged to differ, based on reports we'd heard here. I did =
> an experiment with the left channel of her pair going through my MP-2 =
> into the Fostex left mic input[!] with the trimmer all the way down,
> and the right channel mic going direct into the Fostex with the gain
> trim all the way up. In the ambience of the lab room, we didn't hear
> any significant difference between the channels. I regret we were
> unable to try that at a quiet time.
>
> -Dan Dugan
>
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