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Article #1779Re: Mic snakes and daisy chaining "I don't really have a replacement career, it's a very gnawing thing."
From: Roy W. Rising
Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:43
Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:43
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Soundhaspriority <nowhere@nowhere.com> wrote: > <rwrising@dsl[omit]extreme.com> wrote in message > 20080705145527.027$ff@newsreader.com... > > Bob ~ In practice, headphone level usually is not higher than line > > level. When I plug my phones into a +4 dBu output, it's louder than I > > find comfortable by at least 6 dB. > > > > Still, the rule of thumb for crosstalk in multicore cable keeps level > > differences greater than 40 dB from sharing the same snake. When mics > > are close to their sources, outputs easily can be above the -40 dBu > > range. Janice Joplin's voice was about -10 coming out of an EV 635A! A > > top-fuel dragster passing the same mic placed trackside measured +4 > > dBu! > > I don't know about anything "in practice". I read all about recording > and know what's best from the literature. > > "I don't really have a replacement career, it's a very gnawing thing." > > Robert Morein > Dresher, PA > (310) 237-6511 > (215) 646-4894 The information I try to provide here is derived from four decades of studying the literature and applying it in the very real world of TV audio systems ~ their design, development, maintenance, modification and *operation*. Here are two example of some things I did in 1969: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsGm-DqbmSA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkMKRxn5x14 Both are live to videotape. And ... I've learned a great deal *since* 1969. ;-) -- ~ ~ Roy "If you notice the sound, it's wrong!"
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