On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Fons Adriaensen <fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 02:27:18PM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > >> 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. > > It's actually the combination of self noise and sensitiviy that > matters. At 5dB(A) the NT1-A must be one the lowest noise mics > available. Fortunately it also has quite a high sensitivity: > -32 dBV/Pa. Combining the two means its produces -121dBV(A) of > noise, comparable to the Edirol's EIN at maximum gain. So now > all depends on how well the Edirol maintains its EIN at reduced > gain. I probably could measure one next week. Really good preamps > have a constant EIN in the top 20-25dB of their gain range, but I > doubt if the Edirol holds up to that. Good info. Thanks very much, and if you can measure one that would be interesting. > >> 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. > > That should be OK. OTOH, I'd say mics of this class deserve > something better... > I agree but money is quite limited right now. I was trying to burn off about $150 that I've got tied up at NewEgg from a return that they would only give me store credit for. I didn't want to put in much more than $100 cash so that puts my limit somewhere around $250. I will say that I don't require and MIDI, nor inserts. Just 2 XLR inputs, some sort of stereo audio out would be nice if I wanted to hook it to an external set of monitors, and a headphone jack that I can use at times. I am somewhat concerned about the bus powered class of devices myself. I don't have any experience there and want to be careful about that. Cheers, Mark _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
