I have a couple of rackmount mic pre's and the BOSS BR1600 Digital recorder.
The n00b question I have is: How do I by-pass the BOSS inbuilt mic-pre's?
I'm wondering if you can do it or not?
it just means that the pre-amps act as a unity gain amp.
now your signal will be amplified at the rackmount pre and pass through the boss pre completely unaltered.
So by turning the mic/input down on the BOSS Unit, plugging either the guitar/mic into my rackmount pre, out of the rackmount pre and into the BOSS mic/input, the signal will only be altered/adjusted from the rack pre and not in any way or form be influenced by the BOSS onboard pre's?
I have been recording for a few years now but I'm still using the stand alone BOSS BR1600 and want to improve on the onboard pre's so I bought myself a TOFT ATC-2 and a ART Digital MPA II.
I have a couple of rackmount mic pre's and the BOSS BR1600 Digital recorder.
The n00b question I have is: How do I by-pass the BOSS inbuilt mic-pre's?
I'm wondering if you can do it or not?
Cool...Malcom Toft used to post here when that product came out...how are your results with it?
What effect on the signal would this have?And you're not really using the BR1600's mike pre's as gain increasers this way. As has already been said, you're using them as a unit gain input path.
If you have a digital pre with SPIDF output then you can go digital into the BR1600 at either 16 bit 44.1kHz or 24 bit 44.1kHz, into the SPIDF in jack using and appropriate cable. The manual shows you how to assign the digital inputs to one (or two if you're stereo) of channels 1 to 8. I don't think you can assign to 9/10 to 15/16 using digital in. Using digital in obviously completely bypasses the BR1600's analog inputs and mike pre's.
Hope that helps.
Cheers
Geoff
If you have a digital pre with SPIDF output then you can go digital into the BR1600 at either 16 bit 44.1kHz or 24 bit 44.1kHz, into the SPIDF in jack using and appropriate cable.
Cheers
Geoff
can you access the pre amp via the menu ? read read read thats what all of my instructors preached
Do you use the "Digital In".......as the SPIDF in?
What effect on the signal would this have??
You wouldn't be able to point me to the page number would ya Geoff?
Page 261 of the main manual Gorty, digital in assign. Looks like they patch to track one & two only.
Geoff
Less effect than the impact of the BR1600's AD conversion that goes on afterwards I'd say Gorty.
So ideally, the best way to go with using the external mic pre's is to go straight in the DIGITAL IN.