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1/4" versus 1/8" jacks
"Mike Rivers" wrote in message news:znr1069452744k@trad... In article writes: Every designer who ever put a 1/8" jack on a piece of equipment should have a mini plug shoved up his ass with 120 VAC across two of the terminals. Maybe if he's lucky it won't make good contact. ha ha ha , agreed! Those mini vans can be a damn nuisance for real... |
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1/4" versus 1/8" jacks
TheKeith wrote:
I'm doing some voice recording for my flash animations and I'm using a shure sm57 with a midiman mic preamp. I used to feed the 1/4" line out from my mic preamp to the 1/4" input on my soundblaster's LiveDrive unit (which is basically an extension of the sound card with 1/4" inputs) -- the problem is that I just started using it again after about a year and a half and for some reason can't get it to work. The computer won't recognize it--no matter how many times I uninstall the drivers and in the device manager and then reinstall it. Enough rambling on, I went to radio shack today and picked up a 1/4" stereo to 1/8" stereo adapter and just plugged that right into the card instead-works fine, but since I have nothing to compare it to, I'm not sure if it sounds worse than if I had been using the 1/4" ins. In short, is there that much of a difference between 1/4" and 1/8", particularly when the cable itself is a 1/4" one; only the plug (1/4" - 1/8" adapter) is 1/8"? Thanks. I use to use a Shure sm57 for voice recordings, I switched to an Octava MK319 (only 99 bux at git center on sale) and it is a WORLD of difference for voice-over and foley stuff. Very sensitive and very cheap. Test it in the store though, I have heard that there are a few bad ones floating around. I love mine. I have it going into a cheap Bellari pre-amp and then into a cheap Behringer compressor. Cheers, Queso |
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TheKeith wrote:
I'm doing some voice recording for my flash animations and I'm using a shure sm57 with a midiman mic preamp. I used to feed the 1/4" line out from my mic preamp to the 1/4" input on my soundblaster's LiveDrive unit (which is basically an extension of the sound card with 1/4" inputs) -- the problem is that I just started using it again after about a year and a half and for some reason can't get it to work. The computer won't recognize it--no matter how many times I uninstall the drivers and in the device manager and then reinstall it. Enough rambling on, I went to radio shack today and picked up a 1/4" stereo to 1/8" stereo adapter and just plugged that right into the card instead-works fine, but since I have nothing to compare it to, I'm not sure if it sounds worse than if I had been using the 1/4" ins. In short, is there that much of a difference between 1/4" and 1/8", particularly when the cable itself is a 1/4" one; only the plug (1/4" - 1/8" adapter) is 1/8"? Thanks. I use to use a Shure sm57 for voice recordings, I switched to an Octava MK319 (only 99 bux at git center on sale) and it is a WORLD of difference for voice-over and foley stuff. Very sensitive and very cheap. Test it in the store though, I have heard that there are a few bad ones floating around. I love mine. I have it going into a cheap Bellari pre-amp and then into a cheap Behringer compressor. Cheers, Queso |
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1/4" versus 1/8" jacks
TheKeith wrote:
I'm doing some voice recording for my flash animations and I'm using a shure sm57 with a midiman mic preamp. I used to feed the 1/4" line out from my mic preamp to the 1/4" input on my soundblaster's LiveDrive unit (which is basically an extension of the sound card with 1/4" inputs) -- the problem is that I just started using it again after about a year and a half and for some reason can't get it to work. The computer won't recognize it--no matter how many times I uninstall the drivers and in the device manager and then reinstall it. Enough rambling on, I went to radio shack today and picked up a 1/4" stereo to 1/8" stereo adapter and just plugged that right into the card instead-works fine, but since I have nothing to compare it to, I'm not sure if it sounds worse than if I had been using the 1/4" ins. In short, is there that much of a difference between 1/4" and 1/8", particularly when the cable itself is a 1/4" one; only the plug (1/4" - 1/8" adapter) is 1/8"? Thanks. I use to use a Shure sm57 for voice recordings, I switched to an Octava MK319 (only 99 bux at git center on sale) and it is a WORLD of difference for voice-over and foley stuff. Very sensitive and very cheap. Test it in the store though, I have heard that there are a few bad ones floating around. I love mine. I have it going into a cheap Bellari pre-amp and then into a cheap Behringer compressor. Cheers, Queso |
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1/4" versus 1/8" jacks
No difference.
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No difference.
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1/4" versus 1/8" jacks
dickydoo wrote:
No difference. I think 1/4" jacks are a _lot_ more reliable. -- After being targeted with gigabytes of trash by the "SWEN" worm, I have concluded we must conceal our e-mail address. Our true address is the mirror image of what you see before the "@" symbol. It's a shame such steps are necessary. ...Charlie |
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dickydoo wrote:
No difference. I think 1/4" jacks are a _lot_ more reliable. -- After being targeted with gigabytes of trash by the "SWEN" worm, I have concluded we must conceal our e-mail address. Our true address is the mirror image of what you see before the "@" symbol. It's a shame such steps are necessary. ...Charlie |
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1/4" versus 1/8" jacks
dickydoo wrote:
No difference. I think 1/4" jacks are a _lot_ more reliable. -- After being targeted with gigabytes of trash by the "SWEN" worm, I have concluded we must conceal our e-mail address. Our true address is the mirror image of what you see before the "@" symbol. It's a shame such steps are necessary. ...Charlie |
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I think 1/4" jacks are a _lot_ more reliable.
Yes they are but he cant change the socket , so in this case it should be okay, unless he wants to make a new lead with the cannon on one end and an 1/8 on the other. |
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1/4" versus 1/8" jacks
I think 1/4" jacks are a _lot_ more reliable.
Yes they are but he cant change the socket , so in this case it should be okay, unless he wants to make a new lead with the cannon on one end and an 1/8 on the other. |
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1/4" versus 1/8" jacks
I think 1/4" jacks are a _lot_ more reliable.
Yes they are but he cant change the socket , so in this case it should be okay, unless he wants to make a new lead with the cannon on one end and an 1/8 on the other. |
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