Phantom Power

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I didn't assume you were an idiot.
I made that decision based on the evidence :p

You're in the noob section with a self confessed 'stupid question'. Roll with the punches.


DBX q+a says

Q:I plugged my microphone into the compressor, but the signal is very weak. What is wrong?

A: The dbx compressors are line level devices. A microphone will not provide enough level to drive the compressor. You will need to plug into a preamp first, then into the compressor.

I couldn't have said it better myself.
 
robbieaz62 said:
I have to say, the manual that came with the ultragain is one of the best I've seen.
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Funny you should say that. I bought the dbx 266 from brand new {someone gave me hundreds of reggae records which I sold and made a bundle from !} and the manual that came with it literally tells you nothing. It doesn't even explain what threshold, ratio, attack and release are ! It tells you that they think it's brilliant and you've made a wise choice ! But they never tell you why. Behringer's manuals on the other hand require study.
 
Steenamaroo ... point well taken.

Agreed, the dbx manual is basically worthless, quite possibly the least useful one I have. The only reason I bought the thing in the first place was to replace the Alesis 3630 my wife wanted back for the home theater. I had reclaimed it when I started setting up my studio again, but she hates the huge volume swings in movies and the compressor works wonders in that capacity. I would have prefered to use that cash for a vocal processor ...
 
Dunno if you've already figured out a good way to set it up, but i'm thinking i'd go

Mics -> Behringer -> DBX -> Yamaha line in.(jack)

Anything that you wanna compress in real time, do as above, and anything else, just plug straight into the yamaha as you were.

For the mics that are being compressed, keep the gain down on the yamaha so that the behringer is doing the amplifying.

Hope that's useful.
 
I'm going to give that a try. Hopefully I can figure out why the Behringer needs to be cranked so high to get decent levels because that setup would be ideal.
 
Well that's weird... I must have been looking at an old AW1600 pic... the one with only two XLRs and inserts....

I have the old AW4416, which has inserts... very handy - never used them as inserts, but have always used them to bypass the onboard preamps... a little known trick.
 
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