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  • June 19, 2017 at 2:17 pm #55627
    Mel
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      Hope you start getting some feedback William. I think it is a great question. I am anxious to read the responses for when I get to start recording myself.

      June 19, 2017 at 11:22 pm #55647
      john
      Keymaster

        Ya you can get a decent look at how I do it from some of my recent videos
        It’s several feet away and high
        But I do use a mic preamp so that’s why it can be that far
        I think the preamp fattens it up a bit too

        June 20, 2017 at 6:00 am #55656
        brother cavefish
        Participant

          i would also use a Audix T-50K Inline Impedance Matching Transformer and a foam mic head, you will get a clearer tone

          June 20, 2017 at 12:54 pm #55671
          William Cingolani
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            I went over to sweetwater and bought a mic preamp for my ribbon mic Sweetwater.com. The ribbon preamp will match my ribbon mic. Thanks Johnny.

            June 20, 2017 at 2:20 pm #55674
            William Cingolani
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              This is the preamp I ordered from Sweetwater.https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/RibbonPre Hope my recorded sound is better

              June 22, 2017 at 8:25 am #55751
              john
              Keymaster

                that looks really nice William.
                mine is not at that level! I have this one:
                https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/TubeMP

                June 22, 2017 at 9:10 am #55752
                William Cingolani
                Participant

                  Ya Johnny. However, Sweetwater forgot to send the power chord. The preamp arrived this morning with no power chord in the box.I telephoned sweetwater and the wheels are in motion to send me a power chord. Cheers and rock on

                  June 28, 2017 at 3:29 pm #55964
                  William Cingolani
                  Participant

                    Ok, I got my preamp all connected. The mic, mounted up high, goes into the preamp. the preamp goes into the Audient iD14 interface, the interface goes into the computer into garage band……….? Now what? I’ll be testing out my recorded sound on Garage Band.On the preamp I have an input Gain rotary switch ranging from +6 to +63 dB. And an Output Level control that gives me an Additional 21 dB of gain. I also have gain on the Audient iD14. and when I open garage band there are all those preset gains that I usually turn off. I just want a fat sax sound with some edge.

                    July 1, 2017 at 5:43 am #56096
                    Jazz Cat
                    Participant

                      thx Johnny for the tip; I’ll try one of those Art preamps; I’d never heard of them before; sounds like a good idea re analog tube for adding a bit of warmth to the sound

                      I also just bought a Boss VE20 and love its reverb on 03-jazz setting; adds a lot
                      https://www.amazon.com/VE-20-Vocal-Performer-Multi-Effects-Pedal/dp/B002W0Z8DU
                      (see youtyube vids about it; cool tech)

                      July 1, 2017 at 12:47 pm #56109
                      john
                      Keymaster

                        Yes JC absolutely right
                        William I would not use any extra gain from GarageBand
                        Use the pre amps extra gain cause it’s better quality
                        You’ll need to experiment with how much
                        It’s pretty easy cause it’ll feed back or make the audio strip hit the red overload and u don’t want that

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