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T. Alan Smith
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Most of your instruments will need some kind of preamplification before going into your recorder. A mic preamp will (pre)amplify the signal from either the mic or instrument and send a good hot signal to your recorder. This is often refered to as a "front-end." It is the most important thing you can spend your hard-earned $$$ on. Your recorder will go out of date in a couple years but your front end won't if you invest a little more.
Typically, in a pro-quality home setup, you run your mic/instrument into your preamp. From there it goes into your DA/AD converter which takes your analog signal and converts it to a digital one. The digital signal leaves the converter and goes thru your soundcard to your hard-drive. You can then monitor, edit, etc... in your Cool Edit Pro software interface.
T. Alan
Most of your instruments will need some kind of preamplification before going into your recorder. A mic preamp will (pre)amplify the signal from either the mic or instrument and send a good hot signal to your recorder. This is often refered to as a "front-end." It is the most important thing you can spend your hard-earned $$$ on. Your recorder will go out of date in a couple years but your front end won't if you invest a little more.
Typically, in a pro-quality home setup, you run your mic/instrument into your preamp. From there it goes into your DA/AD converter which takes your analog signal and converts it to a digital one. The digital signal leaves the converter and goes thru your soundcard to your hard-drive. You can then monitor, edit, etc... in your Cool Edit Pro software interface.
T. Alan
