Steve Thomas Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 So we use a Dynacord powermate live in a 5 piece band (we're looking to upgrade as we speak and there is a seperate thread on that) but unfortunately this desk does not possess any pad switches. So the issue I currently have is that the drum mics are peaking even with the gain practically at zero (just one overhead and a bass drum mic). Is there a short term (cheap) option to overcome on a couple of channels. I'm assuming some kind of DI box :) and if so do you have any recommendations...or any other means to overcome this in the short term until we upgrade? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6th Order Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 How about two Behringer DI100s? Cheap, up to 40 dB pads, XLR in and out, and useable for other things once you have another desk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPTTRIAL Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 What you need my friend is a shure A15As adjustable mic pad, available from lmc 020 8743 4680 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6th Order Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 at nearly twice the cost of a cheep DI box.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 What you need my friend is a shure A15As adjustable mic pad, available from lmc 020 8743 4680 (in general, it's good form to explicitly point out that you work for a company that you are recommending, rather than just mention them as a source. We don't like "stealth advertising". Saying something like "available from us at lmc" would be better) Don't know what you charge for the Shure adjustable attenuator, but the going rate appears to be around £40 for a switchable 15/20/25dB attenuator. Or you could go to the likes of CPC and get a handful of fixed attenuators (10/15/20) for around 2 pounds each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.elsbury Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 If you do go to CPC and get a fixed pad, you'll probably find that a 15dB pad will offer enough reduction, without the hassle of calculating numbers and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killyp Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 The other option is to look at the quality of mic/mixer/amp/speaker etc... that you're currently using, and consider the purchase of the Behringer C2, which I find to actually be a perfectly usable microphone, if a little noisy. At £40ish a pair though, they're an unbelievable steal, sound acceptable as drum overheads, and have a built in pad/low-pass filter. Great as a backup microphone too, which is where they've come in handy for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Lewis Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 How about two Behringer DI100s? One problem with this is that the DI (both the jack sockets and XLR) has unbalanced inputs. I think that the inline pad might make more sense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomHoward Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 There are plenty of diagrams for building inline pads around - all you need is a couple of XLR connectors, a short length of cable and a selection of resistors; however if CPC sell them that cheap it's hardly worth the hassle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tolley1466 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Another vote for the DI100. Just have it sat by the desk and you can put pads up to -40 dB. Simple. £20 a box, can't go wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkPAman Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Another vote for the DI100. Just have it sat by the desk and you can put pads up to -40 dB. But then, as Simon said before, you'll be running an unbalanced signal all the way down your multicore (if you have one) and will probably get noise problems. Buy or make an attenuator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomHoward Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Another vote for the DI100. Just have it sat by the desk and you can put pads up to -40 dB. Simple. £20 a box, can't go wrong.To quote H. L. Mencken, "For every complex problem there is an solution that is clear, simple, and wrong." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbsy Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 THIS costs £17.40 at Canford and is also available in 10 and 40dB attenuation models. However, if you're even remotely capable with a soldering iron, you could build your own for rather less than this amount. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 The CPC ones I mentioned above (see here http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/level5/module.j...=cpc/518021.xml ) are perhaps not of the same build quality as Canford, but they're £2.11 each (or £1.72/£1.58 if you buy 10/25) Yes, you can buy 10 of them for the price of 1 from Canford.. http://cpc.farnell.com/productimages/farnell/standard/AV17577-40.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Pratt Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Another vote for the DI100. Just have it sat by the desk and you can put pads up to -40 dB. But then, as Simon said before, you'll be running an unbalanced signal all the way down your multicore (if you have one) and will probably get noise problems. Furthermore, there is a very good chance that the mics may be condensers and a very poor chance of a DI box passing phantom power through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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