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Won't work.
The output from a turntable is about 47k ohms. You need to get it to about 600 ohms for a standard line. Your mic is about 150 ohms (well, these can vary heavily though).
You need a RIAA pre-amp just to get to mic-input so might as well go for line.
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Note that the Zoom H4n can record 24 bit samples. If you set your input level so that the loudest sound peaks at half your available headroom, your recording will effectively use 23 bits. That's still plenty of bits left if you plan to downsample to 16bits for your finished product. Unless you are looking for the coloration of a specific limiter or preamp, ...
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The Zoom H4N has built in preamps and microphones.
Preamp is short for pre amplifier. It raises the signal from mic level (very low) to line level so it can be recorded or sent to an amplifier or a signal processing device. One reason you might want to use an external preamp with the Zoom is because it might have a limiter to prevent clipping, or a high ...
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The difference between those two products is that one includes an analog to digital converter and a digital output, in addition to the analog outputs. You might want the digital output if you have a mac (most modern macs have digital input) but no outboard audio interface. Or if you have other gear with S/PDIF digital input.
Don't trust me (really). Check ...
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If I understand correctly, the preamp is turned up to a gain where it is clipping. This means your problem is not with the mic, because it is giving the UA 101 a good signal to work with. The UA 101 is a USB interface, so its input into the DAW you're using is controlled by the software. Check the software settings, because the problem might be that you ...
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Using a pre-amp between the EQ and the AutoHybrid should handle your needs. I have personally used this tube pre-amp before, though I was using the unbalanced input to the balanced output, but I believe it should work for your needs as well. It isn't the best quality ever made, but it is a decent value for the money.
Seeing what your system layout is like ...
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A ribbon mic for flute is quite an interesting choice. Might sound great, however you should be careful not to get too close to the mic: ribbons tend to be very sensitive to air flow. Now, it depends what you mean by "solo" flute;
if you mean classical solo pieces than a larger distance is not a problem, however using just one mic will never give a ...
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Both the Apogee Duet and Apogee One are USB interfaces, which is a good thing since your MacBook Air doesn't have Firewire.
I don't have much experience with microphones, but it looks like you have picked reasonable gear at a reasonable price point. One of the reasons I haven't worked much with mics is that that particular rabbit hole runs deep, and I'm ...
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"to be heard above the music" – above what music? If it's some fully-mastered mixdown that you're replaying at 0dB, then this is no surprise: such a track has lots and lots of compression on it, making it way louder than a clean microphone track can ever possibly be. You may feel that it's the microphone that's too quiet, but in fact "everything else is too ...
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