Noise when using preamp on Micro BR

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Hey!
I recently bought a new studio microphone (shure pg27 XLR) and with that I bought a preamp (samson C-valce)
I bought these 2 products to connect them to my Boss Micro BR. It's a small recorder wich I bought some months ago.

To get the Shure pg27 working I needed 48v phantom power wich I can get from my preamp. I also needed to boost the signal.
But when I'm connecting my preamp and studio microphone to my Micro BR I'll hear a lot of noise. Like really a lot!
Mainly when recording in stereo (wich I want to) the noise is just too loud for me. And I'm pretty sure this isn't normal.
Even when I'm turning all of the effects, input and output on my preamp off, the noise keeps on going.

I'm not really sure if this is a newbie question really cause i'm really new to this home recording stuff so sorry if I'm at the wrong section :o

I hope there's someone who can help me with this problem.

(if nessecary I can record the noise I'm hearing tomorrow, I really have to get some sleep now :))
Thanks!
 
You've got a single microphone. You can't 'record in stereo'. The Micro BR only has 1 Line in and its set for high impedance, 16K ohms. The Samson's unbalanced ouput is low impedance, 30 ohms. Most likely, that is the reason for the noise. You could try using the 'Send' output to the BR and see if that improves anything.
 
Thanks for the info. I guess I still have to figure out what mono and stereo excactly means.
Tho the Micro BR line input says it's stereo. Written above the input (stereo).
And when I recorded a song with my stereo mic on 2 tracks at the same time the sound was much fuller/warmer (dunno how to explain) then when I record my songs at one track (and eventually pan it to left and right afterwards)
But yea as I already said, this gives a lot of noise

I tried your solution and it worked for recording at one track at the time. I got a lot less noise but the recording just sounds a lot more flat then when I recorded 2 tracks at the time (wich I thought was stereo before :p)

If you want to I could give you an example of the 2 recordings so you can hear the difference....
Thanks a lot for the help! :)
 
Do you have a mic besides the Shure you list above? I ask because it is not a 'stereo mic'. Stereo = 2 distinct (different) signals, left and right. If you have 1 signal going to left and right, it's mono.
If you are hearing a 'fuller' difference when you record to 2 tracks on the BR, you probably have an effect added by the recorder itself (like chorus or delay or doubling).
 
mjbphotos said:
Do you have a mic besides the Shure you list above? I ask because it is not a 'stereo mic'. Stereo = 2 distinct (different) signals, left and right. If you have 1 signal going to left and right, it's mono.
If you are hearing a 'fuller' difference when you record to 2 tracks on the BR, you probably have an effect added by the recorder itself (like chorus or delay or doubling).
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No I don't have any other mic besides the shure one.
I get the difference between mono and stereo now finally haha :p I guess, like you said, I just got 1 signal going to the left and right.
But still it sounds different when I'm recording 2 tracks at the time (with this one mic), wich creates the 1 signal at the left and right side then when recording one track at the time and panning it to the left and right afterwards. I don't use any microphone effects on the micro BR so that's not it.....

I'll get you an exaple of what I mean as soon as possible.

Again thanks a lot for the help. Really appreciate it :)
 
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