On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Fons Adriaensen <fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 11:15:34AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > >> Thanks to all for the info on the UA25. One downside of this device >> seems to be that at some sites it's listed as discontinued implying >> the need to buy quickly if there isn't something better. > > One thing to consider is that Edirol's mic inputs are a bit on > the noisy side. If it matters depends on the type of sounds you > want to record and the mics used. > > With most condenser or electret mics you're more or less on the > safe side with the contribution from the preamp being comparable > to the one from the mic. Exceptions would be mics with really low > self noise e.g. Shure KSM42, Neumann TLM103, AKG 414. > > When using dynamic mics the Edirol preamps rather than the mic's > impedance will dominate the noise level. Again it depends on the > application if this is problem, but for some it surely is. > > > Ciao, > > -- > FA Interesting input. Thanks. I sold most of my mics and currently just have a pair of Rode NT1-A's which I do like the sound of for most things. They spec 5db SPL Self-noise whereas the KSM42 seems to spec 8.5. Not sure what I might be recording. At home it typically is acoustic guitar and some percussion. Live gigs - who knows - but it's typically been larger jazz groups (8-10 players) looking for an inexpensive stereo recording mostly for CD sales at gigs, etc. Cheers, Mark _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
