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Post subject: Plugging Microphones into a Stereo Channel
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:39 pm
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I use a stereo guitar amp that I can, of course, plug into the Passport 500 Pro's stereo channel via the guitar amp's left and right line outs. However, I prefer the sound of actually miking the speakers on the guitar amp.

How do I best go about changing the signal from two high quality dynamic microphones to line level in order to plug them into a Passport stereo channel? I don't want to spend a lot of money (and I'd like the setup to be quick and easy), but at the same time I don't want the sound to suffer by degrading the sound or introducing hum or noise.

I understand that I will, at a minimum, need a mic preamp (dual, or else two single ones) or a small mixer. (By the way, this is just for live performance, not recording.)

Any thoughts regarding this would be much appreciated.


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Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 3:53 pm
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Hi, OK if you prefer micing the amp in stereo then yeah a little stereo mic pre with two line level outputs would be a simple solution. Plug your two mics into the mic pre and the output of that into the stereo channel 7 or 8 and you should be set.

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Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 5:41 pm
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Thanks Ken.

In regard to my concern about degrading the sound (compared to plugging the mic directly into a XLR input) or introducing hum/noise, would a relatively inexpensive mic pre such as M-Audio's Audiobuddy (or something similar) work OK, at least for a live situation?

(Is there a mic pre that you, or someone else, would recommend over the others?)

Thanks again.


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