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Posted: 26 December 2017 at 1:49pm |
Long story short, mic far to loud to use on a mixer, tryed few diff mics too
what unit do i need to lower the mic level, unit needs to be as small as poss never had to do it tbh, thanks
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Elliot Thompson
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You can build your own passive level control that would go between the Microphone and Microphone input using a potentiometer. Best Regards, |
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Hemisphere
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Sounds like an impedance mismatch. You say you tried a few different microphones but did you select alternatives with a more appropriate impedance?
I know with headphones high impedance is harder to drive. Not sure if it's the same or reversed with mics, but if what you've tried already is low impedance, try high impedance, or the other way round.
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Elliot Thompson
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It could be a matter of having the master level set very high on the mixer in order to attain a significant amount of volume from a low line source. This in turn, leaves the microphone level control overriding the output levels of everything else at a very minimum setting. For example; The line source faders are commonly used between 5 - 7 whereas, the microphone fader is overriding everything between 2 - 3. Best Regards, |
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cravings
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what mixer is it?
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Conanski
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The mic input on DJ mixers and consoles are generally pretty poor and there have even been a few recent consoles(Rane?) that essentially have unusable mic inputs... the preset gain is so high that even with the mic gain control at zero the channel immediately goes into feedback when turned on.
In any case what you need is an inline passive attenuator, these are available in various values from about -10 to -40dB built inside an XLR coupler... check with your local pro audio supplier. http://www.parts-express.com/Data/Default/Images/Catalog/Original/240-416_ALT_0.jpg Edited by Conanski - 26 December 2017 at 7:11pm |
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Sinai Sound
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Get a small little desk to plug the mic into, then the DJ mixer into a separate channel maybe?
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DMorison
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Are you talking about a conventional wired mic, or a radio? If the latter, make sure it's output level is set to mic rather than line level, else you'll easily overdrive any input that's expecting mic level.
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Dub Specialist Sound
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Just standed wired Mic , stright into mic input
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