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  • June 17, 2009 at 6:12 pm #78435
    mday123
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    I’m comparing the 2880 to other similar units like the Boss RC50. I certainly prefer the 2880 from what I’ve seen so far, except for one point – the RC50 has an XLR in, whereas the 2880 is jack only. So, how does it work to feed a mic to a 2880? Do you have to (or is it recommended to) use a mic preamp on the way in?

    Thanks in advance for any advice you can provide.

    Mark

    June 17, 2009 at 6:22 pm #98012
    freshchops
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    Quote:
    I’m comparing the 2880 to other similar units like the Boss RC50. I certainly prefer the 2880 from what I’ve seen so far, except for one point – the RC50 has an XLR in, whereas the 2880 is jack only. So, how does it work to feed a mic to a 2880? Do you have to (or is it recommended to) use a mic preamp on the way in?

    Thanks in advance for any advice you can provide.

    Mark

    I use an XLR to 1/4″ adapter. You can check them out here:

    http://accessories.musiciansfriend.com/product/American-Recorder-Technologies-XLR-Female-to-14-Male-Mono-Adapter?sku=339523

    The mic Pre would be recommended if you have a phantom powered condenser mic. In that case you need a phantom power supplied mic pre…. many to choose from, the ART Tube MP’s are fine on a budget. If not, you can just plug straight in and adjust input gain to before clipping levels.

    June 17, 2009 at 7:52 pm #98018
    mday123
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    Thanks for the quick reply. Actually, I have plenty of leads already that go from xlr at the mic end to jack at the other end. I just wanted to check that the levels would work out OK from a mic. Sounds like they will be – so I think that’s my major concern about the 2880 allayed.

    Cheers
    Mark

    June 18, 2009 at 2:21 am #98033
    ghost
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    I run my guitar in 1 and a Shure mic into 2 – works great. Lack of XLR not a biggy, and the sound quality of the 2880 is FAR supirior to the RC-50 (I’ve owned/own both).

    November 29, 2010 at 6:17 am #112797
    lyssagale12
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    Hello,

    I m newbie.The info sounds good. Well guys…mic input to 2880 is very cool if you want to do multitrack manipulation/performance, but very expensive and not as much foot control as you would think.

    Cheer up!!!!

    Lyssa

    Wireless Karaoke

    December 1, 2010 at 8:38 am #112847
    honeycrippen12
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    Yeah….i use 2880 and no complaint at all. Thanks for such a useful info.

    keep sharing guys…….:)

    Magic sing

    August 23, 2013 at 3:01 pm #119327
    vladbapt
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    It’s an old thread I know but I just got the 45000 and ran into issues plugging a SM 58 into the pedal with a simple XLR/jack adapter.
    I was wondering if you used an impedance transformer adapter to to match the impedance.

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