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witzendoz said:
You cannot use balanced cables on a RNC as the input jack is wired for single cable in / out operation (read the instructions) which would lead to a signal loss if balanced cables were used.
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I followed to the letter the instructions on FMRs website about wiring XLR connections so that pin 3 is grounded to sleeve.
I did not try to use TRS - TRS or TRS - XLR cables
surprising as it may sound I actually read the entire manual and wiring instructions on their FAQ page before I even took the unit out of the box


witzendoz said:
How many consoles (that home recording people can afford) have balanced channel inserts? Come to think of it I have only used 2 consoles in my life with balanced channel inserts. The whole everything needs to be balanced subject is over rated. The only time gear needs to be balanced is for long cable runs. Yes it is nice to have balanced gear but it's not always possible and adaptors are easy to make.
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I don't use a consol so I have no idea how many of them have what kind of inserts.
I wanted to use the unit as a tracking compressor and possibly as a mixbus compressor after my summing mixer.

Running mic>Pre>RNC>Converters>DAW gave me problems
Running DAW>D/A>Summing Box>RNC>A/D>DAW gave me problems

perhaps I am the only person in the world who doesn't have unbalanced inserts on my pres. Perhaps I am the only person in the world who doesn't like the RNC. My statement that I got rid of mine does seem to be drawing some flack:eek:

whatever the case the OP asked for opinions and I wanted to give him some feedback as an average home user who had owned the unit and wasn't actually an FMR authorized dealer trying to sell him one.

I made every effort to point out my opinions were subjective and my opinion only.
YMMV
 
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Bristol Posse said:
surprising as it may sound I actually read the entire manual and wiring instructions on their FAQ page before I even took the unit out of the box
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I did not mean to suggest you did not read it, it's just that this connection option has caught some on this forum out in the past.

Bristol Posse said:
I don't use a console so I have no idea how many of them have what kind of inserts.
I wanted to use the unit as a tracking compressor and possibly as a mixbus compressor after my summing mixer.
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The thing I was trying to point out is that this is a home recording forum and a lot of home gear is not balanced, unbalanced gear can still sound great.

Bristol Posse said:
Perhaps I am the only person in the world who doesn't like the RNC. My statement that I got rid of mine does seem to be drawing some flack:eek:
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No different strokes for different folks, a lot of things I like get panned on this forum. The one thing I did point out about the RNC is that it take a while to sort it out, when I first got it I was not sure about it, but now I love it, I then bought a second one.

Cheers
Alan.
 
witzendoz said:
The one thing I did point out about the RNC is that it take a while to sort it out, when I first got it I was not sure about it, but now I love it, I then bought a second one.
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I have to say the great thing about the RNC is if you try it and don't like it they keep their value. I got pretty much exactly what I paid for it when I sold it. so it's definitely a good first foray into hardware compression since you can pretty much recover your costs if you decide it's not for you
 
I think it's just okay. Nothing about the RNC blows me away, but it's very transparent.
 
Transparency and compression are usually two mutually exclusive words.
 
:shrugs: It works, but it isn't the most obvious effect one can imagine. Choose a word you like better.
 
Supercreep said:
:shrugs: It works, but it isn't the most obvious effect one can imagine. Choose a word you like better.
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It's not supposed to be obvious. Those wanting obvious choose something else while those wanting subtle to transparent will use an RNC.
 
Supercreep said:
Really? I thought I HAD to use the RNC, because Harvey likes it so much. :rolleyes:
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Whoa, the main reason I like it is because it does exactly what it's supposed to do - without coloring the sound. If you want color in your compressor, use the RNLA, the PBC6, a dbx, or some other compressors.

If you want absolutely clean, use the RNC. It's that simple.
 
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