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On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Fons Adriaensen  wrote:

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> 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.
>

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>> 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

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