Do I need an interface and what exactly is a preamp?

I do a lot of recording with GB. I own and have used the Presonus Firepod and the Tascam US-122 for past projects. But I am wondering if there are any other options as far as getting a strong audio signal into my computer.
Lately I have been just plugging a Shure SM58 straight into (with a 1/4 inch then an 1/8 inch adapter) the audio/input jack on my MBP. This is not working out bad but I cannot get a strong signal without "hiss."
Now, I could just go through the Firepod or US-122 but lately I have been hearing people talk about preamp. I know that both of my interfaces have preamps but I am sure that they are not very good. So what I am wondering is can I get a dedicated preamp to go between the mic and the computer skipping the interface? Or do I need the interface too? Ideally if I can use a preamp I would like it to be quite small.
Any suggestions?
TIA!
Message was edited by: [email protected]

Depending on if you're purpose is for commercial release or not, you don't need a preamp. I'll tell you this though even professionals who work in studios with recording consoles costing 6 figures use external preamps to plugin into their already excellent preamps. Why do they do this? For a stronger signal to noise ratio to get the loudest sound into their preferred choice of media without distortion. There are cheap options like the ART tube pre which is better than not having one but then you have a lug around another piece of equipment. The only decent one I've seen out there that is designed for portability and provides professional sound is the Apogee mini-me which is an interface with excellent preamps and AD/DA conversion.

Similar Messages

My boyfriend who has an iPhone 5 just had his phone stolen, he has an iCloud account with find my iPhone app downloaded but we do not have access to a computer only the safari on my iphone 4s, where do I need to go and what do I need to do to access his

My bitfriend who has an iPhone 5 just had his phone stolen, he has an iCloud account with find my iPhone app downloaded but we do not have access to a computer only the safari on my iphone 4s, where do I need to go and what do I need to do to access his

You need to download the free Find my iPhone application from the App Store.

Should I enable TLS on my iCloud email and what exactly does it do?

Should I enable TLS on my icloud email account and what exactly does it do? I searched googled and have no clue what they are saying. Please keep it simple. Thank you very much!

Ignore what it does do and concentrate on the fact that it does not do "add storage onto your iphone".

Heap Measurement: jstat (and what exactly it reports)

Hello,
while doing some heap measurements (on a 1.5 JVM) I found some contradictory values for heap size by different means. Using a JVMTI approach ( iterateOverReachableObjects() and iterateOverHeap() ) has given me some values which I could bring in harmony which values given by -XX:PrintClassHistogram. As those two approaches give identival values I have found 3 other ways which report another 3 identical values, which are significantly smaller than the first two.
Those (last 3) approaches are using:
- jstat -gc
- Runtime.getRuntime().totalMemory() - Runtime.getRuntime().freeMemory() (inside Java)
- ManagementFactory.getMemoryMXBean().getMemoryUsage().getUsed() (inside Java)
As those values do not correspond to anything I could evaluate using JVMTI I would like to have explained how those techniques work and what exactly they report.
jstat is one of the three. I guess it helps if its measurements are explained to solve my problem.
Robert

From my experience, manual reports, for example, are created in a tool like Excel.
A business analyst will extract data from a source system and create a report in Excel for other business users. This often happens for Monthly and Quarterly reporting cycles.
Many businesses are choosing Oracle Hyperion to automate this process.
Using a system of servers and software Oracle Hyperion can extract data and create reports automatically. This helps to improve efficient as well as data quality and allows everyone to analyze the same values the same way across the business.
Does this help?
Brian Chow

How safe is iCloud and what exactly does it do?

I was thinking about adding storage onto my iPhone by using iCloud as my iPhone is only 8GB.
However, what exactly is iCloud and how safe is it to use? Does Apple save all your info and details for there personal use?
What does it do? Just a safe storage thing or what, I have no idea!?

Ignore what it does do and concentrate on the fact that it does not do "add storage onto your iphone".

How often and what exactly Essentials integration w/ O365 sync?

Hi
As title says, how often does the Essentials Integration sync and what info does it sync?
I added a user to security group (User Group) which is also synced to Microsoft online security group. After 5 minutes, this user was not propagated to online security group.
Also, if I change some info about the user in AD, this info don't seem to sync to O365.

Hi IKFI,
Would you please let me know whether the synchronized operation had ran successfully? Please refer to the following
article and check if can help you. If any update, please feel free to let me know.
Reducing
the Office 365 DirSync Schedule
Please Note: Since the web site is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft
does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.
When integrate your Windows Server Essentials server with Microsoft Office 365, you can manage your Office
365 services and online accounts along with your on-premises resources from the Windows Server Essentials Dashboard.
Please also refer to following articles.
Manage Office 365 in Windows Server Essentials
Manage Online Accounts for Windows Server
Essentials Users
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Justin Gu

Why SharePoint 2013 Hybrid need SAN certificates and what SAN needs ?

I've read this article of technet, but I couldn't undarstand requied values of SubjectAltname.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/b291ea58-cfda-48ec-92d7-5180cb7e9469(v=office.15)#AboutSecureChannel
For example, if I build following servers, what SAN needs ?
It is happy to also tell me why.
[ServerNames]
AD DS Server:DS01
AD FS Server:FS01
Web Application Proxy Server:PRX01
SharePoint Server(WFE):WFE01
SharePoint Server(APL):APL01
SQL Server:DB01
[AD DS Domain Name]
contoso.local
(Please be assumed that above all servers join this domain)
[Site collection strategy]
using a host-named site collection
[Primary web application URL]
https://sps.contoso.com
Thanks.

Hi,
From your description, my understanding is that you have some doubts about SAN.
If you have a SAN, you can leverage it to make SharePoint
a little easier to manage and to tweak SharePoint's performance. From a management standpoint, SANs make it easy to adjust the size and number of SharePoint's hard disks. What you could refer to this blog:
http://windowsitpro.com/sharepoint/best-practices-implementing-sharepoint-san. You could find what SAN needs from part “Some
SAN Basics” in this blog.
These articles may help you understand SAN:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/ea4791f6-7ec6-4625-a685-53570ea7c126/moving-sharepoint-2010-database-files-to-san-storage?forum=sharepointadminprevious
http://blogs.technet.com/b/saantil/archive/2013/02/12/san-certificates-and-sharepoint.aspx
http://sp-vinod.blogspot.com/2013/03/using-wildcard-certificate-for.html
Best Regard
Vincent Han
TechNet Community Support

It's been two years since Windows 7 64 bit computers came out. At what point is Firefox thinking of providing a browser that is compatible with this. I haven't used Firefox for 2 years as a results. And what exactly is Waterfox?

If you do a search on the web, you will discover that I am far from the only one who finds that she cannot use Firefox because it is incompatible with Windows 7 64 bit. I'm pretty sure there must be hundreds of thousands of users out there that can not use Firefox for the same reason. At what point are you thinking of updating your browser?
Also are you connected to Waterfox and is it safe?

In device manager tick Show hidden devices, under view on the toolbar.
If DM cannot see it you cannot install a driver, not sure why that hardware will not get detected.

Do I need PCIE GEN3 and what is it?

Hello. I have a msi z77a-gd65 motherboard.
I have noticed in the bios there is a disabled option called PCIE GEN3 [DISABLED]
My graphics card that I have at the moment is: GTX 560 Ti
Originally I have enabled this, but is there any benefit?
Thanks in advance.

Short Answer:
If you have a Ivy Bridge CPU & PCIE3.0 Capable board and vga, you are able to equip this, it is the next generation of PCIe and has more bandwidth that you really need. If you have the equip, enabling it should gave you about 1% gain in vga. It is also backward compatible so if you have the ivy cpu go for it...
Long answer:
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/io/pci-express/pci-express-architecture-devnet-resources.html

CPU Interface-and what it does!!

Tested with...An MSI MS 6570 at 11.5x197 10-2-2-2.0
XP2800+333Barton(this test) and XP2700+333Thrbrd
Corsair PC3200 TwinX Matched 2x256 6-2-2-2.0 Ver 1.1
Geforce4 Ti 4400.
Lite-on 48x12x48 CD/RW
Seagate Baracuda 80Gig ATA100
The rest is not important as I only post with the CD/RW and test with Memtest86 (Bandwidth and stability). only then once it passes do i add components and test again, then and only then do I install windowsXP and then test with 3dmark2001se (Stability and score) and Prime95(Stability).
>>>>>Nothing else will be changed
Advanced chipset Features-Menu
System Performance>Manual
CPU/FSB Clock>>>>>>166
CPU Interface>>>>>>Normal and High performance (TESTING)
FSB/DRAM Ratio>>>>>[ 1:1 ]
Memory Timmings>>>>Manual
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>6/7/8/9/10/11/12/-
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>2/3/4
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>2/3/4
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>2.0/2.5
RAM settings and results with Memtest86 version 3
with CPU Interface on NORMAL
6-2-2-2.0=1411
8-2-2-2.0=1438
9-2-2-2.0=Did'nt post?
10-2-2-2.0=1465
11-2-2-2.0=1465
12-2-2-2.0=1465
OK back to 10-2-2-2.0 with CPU Interface= High Performance
10-2-2-2.0=1541....Best score and the same everytime!
OK this is a test with Sisoft sandra MAX3-Latest version as of "24th July 2003"
CPU Interface..High performance does NOTHING to the CPU score! but it really makes the memory test go up
on Normal>> 2849/2676
On High >> 3029/2855
CPU score was indentical 8137/3288
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>8137/3288
3D Mark 2001se left to do 30 loops benchmark (went to kfc with the kids, hehe)
No overclocking or Optimization on the GFX Card
>>>>>>Score 13471
Suggestion:- how about calling it Memory Interface!!!! as it does nothing to the CPU performance directly, but tweaks the ram. the Sisoft and Memtest86 tests prove this!!
Hope this helps answer some peoples quiz's

Has anyone else tried this test?
anyone any comments to say? negative os positive!

And what exactly is problem 1008?

I am having very similar issues as the many (apparently VERY many) folks frustrated by error 5002. I am having trouble with pre-orders, getting error message 1008.
I have the latest version of iTunes. Everything on the computer is fully updated.
Not to get too "511" with my music preferences, but by way of sharing my problem's "context":
I was able to pre-order a George Michael album - that had no advance single available - with no problem. However, while trying to pre-order Mariah Carey and Madonna's upcoming releases - both of which have free, advance singles that purchasers receive at the time of pre-order - I get error message 1008. Coincidence? Conspiracy? I have no idea. Any help you could offer would be greatly appreciated.

Same thing here. Unable to download full albums.
The error message I get is:
"An unknown error occurred (1008). There was an error in the iTunes store. Please try again later."
Well, I have been trying for 3 days, without any luck.
If I use song credits I can download individual songs. Trying to complete an album afterwards fails. Gathering from the above comments, the problem seems to go away once all credits have been used. However, I am not willing to try that out, just to see if it works. I'd like to spend my credits a little more discriminately.
Where are the pros? Do they have any answers. Methinks, this is not an isolated problem.

What components do I need to develop and run JSP applications?

I am currently developing a JSP-based application using Apache, Tomcat, MySQL, and JDBC. I'm considering switching to Oracle since I know it better and it has better support for certain capabilities.
But, it's very confusing trying to determine from the Oracle sites just what I need and which platforms are supported. What do I need to buy and what can I download?
So, which Oracle components do I need to develop and test JSP applications using Application Server? I'll probably get into XML as well.
Does any of it run on Win98, WinNT, Win2000, or SolarisIntel? I likely will not deploy on any of these platforms, but it would be convenient to develop on my Intel laptop, if possible.
--Terry Westley, [email protected]

Oracle's IAS includes an Apache and Jserv with JSP runtime by default.
You could simply migrate your Apache/Tomcat JSP to Apache/Jserv/Oracle JSP without problems, including win32 plattform.
To run Servlet compliant with JSDK 2.2+ you has to use Apache mod_ose module with your servlets and jsp running inside the Oracle JVM, this combination is more scallable and secure for big projects, but it requires more hardware for your laptop.
Best regards, Marcelo.

This is for Exchange 2007 but can't find a place to post it. It may apply here I don't know. What exactly happens when you suspend LCR?

OK. I searched out here and found things close to what I need: how to suspend and restore LCR but I need another answer. I have gotten a new backup solution (Unitrends) and the Microsoft exchange write appears twice. I'm guessing one is for my first storage
group and one is for LCR. Anyway it appears the software is trying to use the replication writer which is causing my backups to fail. Here is my question: what EXACTLY happens when I suspend the LCR (Suspend Storage Group Copy)? Does this affect regular exchange/email
transport and receiving at all? Basically if I disable it will mail continue to flow as normal with no adverse affects? And what EXACTLY happens when I disable LCR. What if I decide I don't need it. Will disabling it affect normal email operations? Basically
will either of these options in ANY way interfere with normal mail flow? Thanks.

Hi,
Based on my knowledge, suspending LCR doesn't affect the mail flow. If there is no need for LCR, you can disable LCR, and then please manually delete the LCR storage group and databaase fles.
For more information about LCR, please refer to
Local Continuous Replication.
Best regards,
Belinda
Belinda Ma
TechNet Community Support

Separate interfaces and classes in separate packages?

I am writing an application in the package 'models.geometry'. I am beginning to get a growing number of interfaces with corresponding implementation classes. I therefore consider adding another packages an move all the interfaces to this package and keep the implementation in the original package:
'models.igeometry' // for the interfaces
'models.geometry' // for the implementation
But is this interface/class - package separation good practice?

First of: Usage of the prefix "I" to identify interfaces is rather rare in the Java world (it's not unheard of, but definitely not the norm). And I've never seen "i<package>" to identify a package containing interfaces, so I wouldn't suggest it.
The question is: What does the code which uses your packages access? Does it only need the interfaces and a factory? In this case, I'd separate the packages into "models.geometry" and "models.geometry.impl".
If the classes are first-level API, just as the interfaces (think Link/ArrayList, Map/HashMap), then I'd keep them in the same package or separate them on some other property.

Third Party Applications? What exactly are they?

Right,
I've read alot about the Blue Screen that appears when Upgrading to OSX Leopard. I am intending on upgrading tomorrow when my external hard drive arrives so I can Clone my 10.4.11 onto the external hard drive and upgrade the cloned version first but would like to know if I can check in advance for any of these' Third party App's'? and what exactly are they?
Regards,

A third party application is anything not made by Apple. It can also include products that Apple purchased fairly recently (some of those "Pro" apps) that weren't coded to Apple's specfications and haven't been well tested. Apple doesn't and shouldn't test their software with third party applications. It isn't their job to test other people's software. They probably make exceptions for things like Office and Photoshop, but that is a short list.
Most third party applications will be fine. The ones you have to worry about are those that ask for your password when you install them. They can then install any sort of incompatible software.
After you clone your hard drive, verify that you can boot from the external drive and all your data is there. If so, don't upgrade the external drive. Boot using the 10.5 DVD and immediately run Disk Utility and re-partition your internal hard drive to wipe it out completely. Then install Leopard. Do not use Migration Assistant. Re-install all your 3rd party applications that are 10.5 compatible. Be very careful about copying over from backup anything in a Library/Preferences folder. You can copy any preference file from a third party application back over - those are safe. Anything from Apple may have been upgraded. Only copy over the Apple files that you absolutely have to, such as your Mail folder and Address book file, for example.
It sounds like a lot of work but it will only take a couple of hours.

Do I need an interface and what exactly is a preamp?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for