Recent content by mtbcast

Clearly I don't understand how gates work. I think of a gate, as a novice, as something that opens and closes. In an opened state, audio proceeds to output. In a closed state, nothing proceeds to output. I bought this 286S in hopes of mitigate things like breathing etc from proceeding to output...

Based on what Dave has said regarding his channel settings and output meters on his ZED I assume I'm good there. This is the output concern I have to the DAW, seen in these tracks, and how they're metering in Garageband. Here are the mixer settings per track: Clearly track 5 is pushing a lot...

Okay, this is going to be uber-newbie but I'm puzzled and need some input (or technically, output :p). I have a ZED10FX w/USB Allen & Heath mixer. I generally record voice through it and into a Zoom recorder. Since I first got it I've been concerned about the low output volume I get from it via...

So I've recently switched to a Sennheiser E835 dynamic mic after using a Samsung condenser for awhile. I've never noticed an issue with lipsmack but I do now with this mic. I would have thought that a condenser mic would have been worse but I don't recall anything this prevalent on that mic. I...

Last week I picked up a Behringer 802FX (non-USB). Since then I've been chasing a hiss down. The preamps appear to be the culprit. With nothing on the board I can pick up considerable hiss through phones. It's much more prevalent on the 2 mic channels but I can duplicate it on the others. Even...