Friday, October 05, 2007

Recording Audio on the PD 170

Question from a viewer: THANK U VERY MUCH SIR,U HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL.ONE OTHER QUESTION HOPE U DONT MIND.I AM DOING A SCHOOL PROGRAM IN A FEW WEEKS,CAN I TAKE AUDIO FROM THE MIXER USING THE XLR TO XLR CORD,AND STILL THE ONBOARD MIC AT THE SAME TIME???I WANNA GET THE BEST AUDIO VERY CLEAN AND STILL GET THE RESPONSE FROM THE AUDIENCE.CAN I GET YOUR OPINION ON WHAT 2 DO??

Answer: You would leave the xlr cord from the onboard mic plugged into mic 1 and plug the XLR cord from the mixer into mic input 2. You would then change the Rec Select from mic 1 and 2 to just mic 1. Under Input 2 you need to change the input to line and turn the +48 off. Most of the time when you are using a signal from a mixer it is a line input instead of mic. The signal is a higher level signal. Also you don't want to use the +48 if you aren't using a microphone needing phantom power.