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Hello. I recently purchased a used Neumann TLM 103 from my local music store for a good price of 650. I got it home and was so excited to try it out but to my surprise it didn’t quite sound as expected. I am running it through a Mbox 2 right now and most of my microphones I put through it sound hot and clip fairly easily if not set properly for the source.
I wanted to record some vocals and with the Neumann I can’t get it to clip. It sounds very quiet coming through and I have to push the preamp up to about 3 o’clock for any useable levels. At this point, the Mbox2’s gain is almost maxed and additional noise enters the sound.
The Neumann sounds good all in all after processing with compression but I thought the original source audio would be louder. Could there be something wrong with the Microphone? I couldn’t find anything else online that described a similar issue.
I can provide more details if needed. Thank you.
Edit: I’m hoping maybe the Mbox pre is the answer and not a dud mic. Do I need a preamp with more gain?
I wanted to record some vocals and with the Neumann I can’t get it to clip. It sounds very quiet coming through and I have to push the preamp up to about 3 o’clock for any useable levels. At this point, the Mbox2’s gain is almost maxed and additional noise enters the sound.
The Neumann sounds good all in all after processing with compression but I thought the original source audio would be louder. Could there be something wrong with the Microphone? I couldn’t find anything else online that described a similar issue.
I can provide more details if needed. Thank you.
Edit: I’m hoping maybe the Mbox pre is the answer and not a dud mic. Do I need a preamp with more gain?
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