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For Ty's example, I'd consider "total gain". If you turn up your preamp 20db and then do 10 db in the DAW afterwards, that's 30db of gain. Or you could just turn up your hardware preamp to 30db to start with. Same thing (ignoring any noise in the gear), you still added 30db of gain, which will increase both the signal and mic self-noise by 30db. For home recording, I don't find mic self-noise to typically be an issue - we have much bigger problems. If you have a professional setup with isolated rooms, floating floors and so on, a small difference in mic self-noise may matter. For most people recording at home, with kids and TVs going, air-conditioning running, computers in the room, cars going by, airplanes overhead, non-optimal room acoustics, etc, mic noise is the least of the problems. Almost every time someone posts a recording here on AGF asking about noise, it ends up being environmental noise, not self-noise from the gear. The solution for home recording, aside from spending lots of money on your house and room, is closing micing - increasing the signal-to-noise ratio, (along with picking a quiet time to record, if possible). This improves both the environmental noise issue and the impact of any self-noise from mics and preamps.
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Regards, Ty Ford Last edited by Kerbie; 04-02-2019 at 10:08 PM. Reason: Edited. |
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Agreed as well that there are quiet ribbons. The AEA N22s that several of us have posted demos of in the past work great, and are not only quiet, but designed for close micing without proximity effect being an issue, thereby helping out with typical home recording issues from noise to bad acoustics. Nice sounding mics, too, tho not in the budget category that started this thread. Good value for the price, tho.
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I didn't want to sidetrack this thread so I started this one about my ribbon mic up close. https://www.acousticguitarforum.com/...d.php?t=542715
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