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Jrodrz, you are in much the same position as the tyro who is just starting recording Voice Overs with a computer. They, like you are trying to capture soft speech and the microphone will stubbornly pick up every sound around. The fixes are the same in each case (with one exception) and...

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If you have the exact schematics of each stage you could make a fair stab at the gain but it won't be very accurate. In the absence of the right kit to do it I think I would "measure" gain using a sound source. A speaker reproducing pink noise (Audacity can generate that) and set a specific...

Ok, headphones from mixer to client no problem and the cable can be almost any length you want. Yes, phone should feed the RCA skts famously. What is the microphone you are "wearing"? You need to find an adapter to get that to work into the XLR socket on the mixer. There are various wireless...

Does this need to be two way communication? You say you "wear a microphone" is that a headset and will the client do the same? For a cheap wired* solution I would suggest a couple of Behringer mixers, the Xenyx 802 comes to mind. One will allow your mic send plus music and the second feeds your...

Ah! Valves. The gain of an individual valve stage is very dependent on the circuit design and "u" is only a part of the picture. Stage gain is given by A= uRa/Ra+ra. Where Ra is the anode (plate) load and ra is the anode slope resistance of the valve*. But the ACTUAL load on the stage can be...

I agree with Rich, you must know the gain of each pre amp but as I said before, that is not easy to do unless you have some pretty specialized kit. Also not fair to have a shorted input. The noise performance of an amplifier is sensitive to the terminating impedance and each pre should be...

Wireless link kit has improved massively in the last 20 years or so. For the ultimate in such systems treat yourself to the current copy of Sound on Sound in which there is a review of the fabulous Sound Devices wireless gear range. You will sit down and stop drooling however when you check the...

Good morning Quesne, I don't know your technical knowledge level nor what equipment/software you have to hand so please excuse any "grannie's eggs" factor in this reply! To get consistent and translatable (to other people) noise measurements it is important to have a specified MO. That means...

"Once Upon a Time" we had no problems with exchanging audio signals. This was because,... 1, the only people who needed to do it were in broadcasting or recording studios and had degrees in electrical engineering! And, 2, the only amplifying device was a valve and everyone knew what they were...

No not "better" sound nor worse, it just brings the output of the pre amp inline with the sensitivity of the interface. There are only two reasons I can see for using an external pre amp with an interface, especially these days when AIs have remarkably good pre amplifiers...my MOTU M4 certainly...

This "level interchange" problem is one experienced quite often by people who try to connect gear such a s mic pre amps and mixers to interfaces. The OP is quite fortunate with the UFXll because the line inputs can handle up to +19dBu (and a bit I bet being RME!). Many AIs clip at +12-+16dBu...

Ah, I wasn't clear. When you have a room well 'lagged' so as to kill virtually all reverberation the resultant dull sound can often be improved by sitting on a few sq mtrs of hardboard. But I can see you are in good hands. Dave.

Hi Kathryn, I am not anywhere near Rob's league but I have to say the clips sound pretty much like every harp I have ever heard reproduced in the last 70 years! But then I am clinically deaf! I am glad you used an MP3 for a clip, much easier for me at least. If you start with a 24 bit/44.1kHz...

I would find it very odd for any "proper" electronics engineer to mess with the grouped grounds in a cableform? They would surely know that IF you are using a ubiquitous connector there is always the possibility of 'it'appening! In other words I doubt they would utilize those grounds for...

I would also ask this question over at www.soundonsound.com Those guys have had EVERYTHING over DECADES! Dave.

Got it! Thanks and already it has found the hibernation file of 13G which I have now deleted and deactivated. Also however I found a download of 5.4 G, Windows 11 (this is 10) Now, HTF THAT got there I have no idea! Microsoft have in the past asked me to check to see if this laptop will run W11...

"There's an app called DaisyDisk...."Ffff***! Mr S, a mac only app. Is there something similar for Windows? This Lenovo has a 256G SSD but I only have about 10G left! I do try to spruce the drive but am never quite sure what to dump. Dave.

I can only advise you about Windows machines but since you want to keep costs down, for any given specification a mac is likely to be more expensive than a Windows laptop. The three "parameters" of any computer are, CPU speed. Hard drive capacity (has to be an SSD these days) and memory...

I have recently bought my son (he does not know yet, him in France!) a refurbished laptop. It is a Lenovo E590, 15.6" i5 gen 8, 512 SSD 16g ram and Win 11. £300. I had a few issues with the company but they were sorted very quickly and even gave me a nifty back for my trouble. OK so an i5 g8 is...