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What is impedance and why do I care when buying a microphone?
I've been researching some mics and aside from reviews I've been looking at the specs. I'm not sure I understand what impedance is and why I care about it when purchasing a mic.
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How do you use gain effectively?
Have read a few descriptions and understand basically what gain is, but I am quite the novice with audio work.
I've never heard gain or it's usage described by those who are really familiar with it ...
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Does headphone impedance make any difference except for volume? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is the effect of impedance on headphone sound quality?
Does headphone impedance make any difference except for volume?
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Wait to unplug with phantom power
When I use a mixer (Behringer 4-track), the instructions say to wait about ~30 seconds after turning off the phantom power before unplugging anything. They say not doing that could damage the ...
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What causes a buzzing that goes away when I touch the jack?
I'm sure this is a "ground" issue, but I'd really like to better understand what's going on.
I have a bass guitar plugged into the "instrument input" on my interface (ART TubeFire 8). When I monitor ...
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How do below-freezing temperatures affect audio equipment?
I now have an attic to use for studio space. We've spent some time taping down noisy windows and sweeping and vacuuming, putting some pieces of carpet down, and we did some sound checks today. While ...
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Headphone amp sliders are making noise. Worth fixing or not?
I recently replaced my interface (that had two headphone jacks and volume pots) with a new interface that only has one of each. My next move was to pull my 13-year-old Rolls HA-43 headphone amp out of ...
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Fixing low-frequency hum in an undersaddle acoustic guitar pickup
I have an acoustic guitar - a Cort MR750 dreadnought, from about 1998 - with a Fishman pickup system that came pre-installed in the guitar. I haven't been able to identify the type of pickup or ...
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How does sending MIDI over USB compare to using a dedicated MIDI interface?
Is there an informed comparison between sending MIDI over USB versus directly from a MIDI interface on a PC expansion card - would a MIDI interface on a sound card provide some useful system ...
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Amplifier Circuitry
I have in my bench a couple of BlueSky satellites (Mk1 of their pm3 THX certified series) that constantly blow BOTH transistors :S.
I'm not really sure how to even start looking for the problem ...
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What is this block diagram symbol?
I'm trying to figure out which jacks on my PA amp are shielded and which aren't. To this end, I was looking at the block diagram in the manual. I'm new to reading block diagrams, but it's obviously a ...
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Furman Power Conditioners: Good/safe to use as a surge protector?
I currently have a fairly simple studio setup here consisting of a Presonus Firepod, a Blue Robbie Tube-Mic Preamp, and a Furman M-8 Power Conditioner. As far as power is concerned, I essentially have ...
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MAX/MSP vs Cubase
I am interested about sound synthesis and music production. I came across max/msp and cubase and they seem to be the de facto standards in this field. I would like to have some recommendation about ...
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How can I find specific PRO grade gear when CONSUMER grade dominates the search results.
I'm trying to keep this question as "non" subjective as possible...
I need to find a very specific piece of hardware (not brand or model, just type), and I'm currently coming up empty handed. I've ...
