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chuck wrote:
> My son-in-law sings, plays guitar, and writes bawdy
> SCA songs. In the past he has recorded them on a friend's
> Fosdex (sp?) and I have played the tapes into my PC thru
> the Line-In jack on the sound card. Then burned to CD.
>
> He had to give the Fosdex back.
>
> Now he has borrowed a RadioShack SSM-1750 mixer (incl preamp) and
> a Cardioid low-impedence ATR-30 mic. I have connected the mic to
> the Aux Mic jack on the mixer, and then from the mixer to
> Line-In on the PC. Works OK, I guess, unless you get more than
> about an inch away from the mic. Then it falls off fast.
> I've played with all the gain controls, even read the book.
> No help there.
>
> Is this the wrong mic for the application?
> Maybe I have it setup wrong?
> Maybe this is all the wrong hardware for the application?
> Maybe it all working as designed?
>
> suggestion please?
>
> chuck

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I do not know the models the mixer you reference but if you cant get the gain you need I would
guess you are trying to plug a low -z mic into a hi-z mixer. Perhaps a whirlwind transformer
will solve your problem.

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Phil Abbate


"chuck" <cciafNOSPAMfone@earthlinNOSPAMk.net> wrote in message
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: My son-in-law sings, plays guitar, and writes bawdy
: SCA songs. In the past he has recorded them on a friend's
: Fosdex (sp?) and I have played the tapes into my PC thru
: the Line-In jack on the sound card. Then burned to CD.
:
: He had to give the Fosdex back.
:
: Now he has borrowed a RadioShack SSM-1750 mixer (incl preamp) and
: a Cardioid low-impedence ATR-30 mic. I have connected the mic to
: the Aux Mic jack on the mixer, and then from the mixer to
: Line-In on the PC. Works OK, I guess, unless you get more than
: about an inch away from the mic. Then it falls off fast.
: I've played with all the gain controls, even read the book.
: No help there.
:
: Is this the wrong mic for the application?
: Maybe I have it setup wrong?
: Maybe this is all the wrong hardware for the application?
: Maybe it all working as designed?
:
: suggestion please?
:
: chuck
:

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You can get some pretty decent mics for under a hundred bucks. Maybe you should look into
that.


"chuck" <cciafNOSPAMfone@earthlinNOSPAMk.net> wrote in message
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:
: anybody-but-bush wrote:
: > I do not know the models the mixer you reference but if you cant get the gain you need I
would
: > guess you are trying to plug a low -z mic into a hi-z mixer. Perhaps a whirlwind
transformer
: > will solve your problem.
:
: When I get right up on the mic, say within a couple
: inches, I get all the gain I need -- can bury the
: VU needle. But back off another 2-3 inches, and virtually
: nothing. Is that a problem with the mic or the mixer
: pre-amp?
:
: As an aside, I plugged an old UA turntable into the mixer
: and then to the PC with really great results! And the
: tone controls on the mixer let me clean up some old
: recordings.
:
: chuck
: