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Great, thanks

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I already went through all, like I said, all signals pafl healthy in the green, with just an occasional yellow. If I start adding more gain I’ll risk a too hot signal.

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All of the faders are as high as they can go…

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I did what Mike said. Though, there was one more step, had to go to the mix settings thru the layer. In any case just set all to post all.

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Update:
I managed to get this to work.
I do not know how I even managed to play before without a mic on the hihat that is compressed 🙂

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Ok guys, another question. My new mics haven’t yet arrived so I played a bit with compression with my snare. For now, I can’t figure out of apply compression so I can hear how it affects the sound if I am listening through mixes. When I plug into the phones, that is listening the complete L/R I then hear what compression does to the channel in question.
So, how can I get this to work on mixes as well?

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Sooo, can I do anything here or not?

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It’s actually for rehearsals with heavily isolated headphones…

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Other things I tried were:
-different input
-different mic cable.

No luck.

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st32.jpg is the first
st34 is the second
st35 is the third. After I posted the reply, the pic order got shuffled.

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OK guys here it is.
The first pic is my “Earthworks dm20” mic going into the zedfx mixer bottomed out at -10db, and then routed to the qu16 at it’s lowest -5db.
You can listen it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsvEkCh_IJQ
I forgot to set the zedfx’s EQ to zeroes, so it has some eqing on it, however, the signal is healthy as you can see it.

Now the next one is, again the same mic, now it is going through a shure attenuator, set to -15db, and into the qu16, again set to -5db. Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K4zkwvqXuk

Finally, the third one is the dm20 going directly into the qu16, -5db.
Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvAmfsxDU58

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Yep I read all that in the Earthworks manual. It would have to be the mic if that went on with any mixer. However, everything is ok when I use the zedfx. And when I say everything is ok I don’t just mean it’s ok when I am listening through my headphones/during rehearsals; the signal is also ok when recording stuff,the pafl is always in the green, etc.
But, I would like to avoid using zedfx as a pad/preamp for the snare mic, especially when recording, if, for nothing else, because of potential signal quality issues.

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I am not the only one using the mixer(s), there is a whole band, so my “faulty” ears are out of equation 🙂 ie everybody heard that unpleasant tear when the dm20 is connected directly into the qu16.
The latest recording we did was the one I posted here. But the equipment hardly ever changes: Currently I have 2 audix overheads adx51s, d2s and d4 on the toms, d6 on the kick, an i5 for bottom snare, and dm20 on snare-top. Everything goes directly into the mixer…Again, if I use a&h Zedfx mixer, everything is fine; at -10db of gain, even with gorilla shots on the snare, its pafl goes only into the yellow.
With qu16 I can play moderate strokes on the snare, but with any stronger rimshots, it’s too hot of a signal.

Ok
I’ll try to find how such recording looks like, or record some again. But I don’t claim it looks the way I described, it really is so.

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Hehe mixsit, I am in Bosnia…
Just to clarify – When I say distortion is everywhere I mean only when snare is hit hard(er). On softer hits, pafl is ok, wav is ok… I am tempted to try and buy another attenuator.

25db padding can cure the level but not the ear-tearing-rip-of-a-signal. Like I said, what this attenuator does, it acts like it is positioned after the signal has already been run through the mixer and it quietens the distorted signal, not preventing the distortion itself.

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[quote] If you try the external phantom power supply try connecting it’s output to the mixer using the 1/4 inch line input jack.[/quote]
Yeah figured that.

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