Prsonus Firepod preamps don't turn off

  • Thread starter Thread starter Rich Haigh
  • Start date Start date
R

Rich Haigh

New member
When using my Firepod, I noticed that the preamp gains do not completely turn off when turning the knob all the way counter clockwise. For example, if I have a guitar plugged into channel 1, I can increase the gain by turning the knob clockwise but when I turn the knob completely counter clockwise, I can still hear the guitar (lower volume but I can still hear it and it shows coming though on the graphic levels in Sonar). I thought that if a channels gain was turned to 0, then no signal would go through. Is this normal or is something wrong?

Thanks,
Rich
 
I don't think I've ever owned a preamp where minimum gain killed the signal.
It sounds fine.
 
From the Firepod manual, I see this:

Microphone Input XLR: 45dB of variable gain (+14 dB to +55dB)
Instrument HiZ Input TS ¼” (channels 1 and 2 only): 45 dB variable gain (+8dB to +50dB)

This means, the even on minimum setting, the Instrument input is getting 8dB of gain.

So, the device seems to be working correctly.

Paul
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top