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May 3, 2010 at 1:00 am #79099farfisavoxMember
Has anyone tried this?
I want to run a microphone into a kaoss pad and have been told I should use a preamp between the two. Will this suffice?
May 3, 2010 at 2:00 am #94640The Ghost of Sim TutMemberDoesn’t sound ideal. It would probably work in regards to getting a sound through but you should use an appropriate mic preamp so you can have control over volume at least, and probably eq.
May 3, 2010 at 2:09 am #94639farfisavoxMemberThanks for your reply.
When the only other option is something like an M-audio audio buddy ‘http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/AudioBuddy.html’
which only has a gain knob, wouldn’t the LPB-1 be pretty much the same thing?Or am I missing something here?
May 3, 2010 at 2:19 am #94637Mr.GrimMemberi dont know the specifics, but no its not the same.
if you want an EH product i would highly recommend a Electro Harmonix 12AY7 Mic Pre, but it does cost 4 times as much.
May 3, 2010 at 2:27 am #96871farfisavoxMemberThats a bit out of my budget. Thanks for the help
May 3, 2010 at 2:31 am #94483The EH ManModeratorBack in the 70s/80s EH marketed an inline mic booster called the Ego. It was essentially the LPB-1 with 2 female jacks.
May 3, 2010 at 4:28 am #94484Mr.GrimMemberWOW! one i actualy never herd of from EH!
http://www.effectsdatabase.com/model/eh/ego
id say i feel dumb, but further knowledge than me of Electro Harmonix should be expected from you Ron.
May 3, 2010 at 9:39 am #94382Kevin DemuthMemberQuote:Has anyone tried this?I want to run a microphone into a kaoss pad and have been told I should use a preamp between the two. Will this suffice?
I thought the Kaoss Pad had a mic input with a gain control…
You should be OK plugging a normal (un-powered) dynamic mic into it.
If you really want to use a preamp, there are LOADS of options for all budgets, or you could use a small mixer – this will give you extra flexibility; you could set-up the Kaoss Pad as a send/return effect and have extra control over effect levels, EQ etc.
May 3, 2010 at 3:22 pm #90794farfisavoxMemberI think the bigger kaoss pads have those controls. The mini KP has no input/output control as far as I know. The only input is dual phono and apparently it can be a bit choosy with inputs that aren’t line level.
This ego thing sounds good. Does this mean the LPB-1 would be effective as it’s pretty much the same thing?
A small mixer sounds good, anyone have any recommendations for something around 20-30£?
May 3, 2010 at 3:32 pm #90795temporaryMemberfrom reading this, i thought, wouldnt it be a cool sound with a 22 cal. cranked up runnin vocals!
May 3, 2010 at 4:02 pm #90512The Ghost of Sim TutMemberQuote:from reading this, i thought, wouldnt it be a cool sound with a 22 cal. cranked up runnin vocals!Yikes. That’s a power amp. The cool sound would probably be of firetrucks racing to his house if he put that into his Kaoss pad.
May 3, 2010 at 6:49 pm #108369Kevin DemuthMemberQuote:I think the bigger kaoss pads have those controls. The mini KP has no input/output control as far as I know. The only input is dual phono and apparently it can be a bit choosy with inputs that aren’t line level.Fair enough.
I have only ever used the original Kaoss Pad and the V3, and from what I remember they both had mic inputs and gain controls.
Quote:This ego thing sounds good. Does this mean the LPB-1 would be effective as it’s pretty much the same thing?A small mixer sounds good, anyone have any recommendations for something around 20-30£?
I’m not sure an LBP-1 will do the job to be honest…
you could get a proper mic preamp for near enough the same price – you can get an ART Tube MP for around £35.a mixer would be the way I would use it, but I’m not sure there’s anything suitable in the £20-30 price bracket… and certainly nothing I’d recommend.
If you stretch the budget to around £50 you should be able to get a used Soundcraft/Spirit mixer (the ‘Notepad’ or ‘Compact 4’ for example).May 3, 2010 at 7:04 pm #108328farfisavoxMemberFair enough. I’ve had an ART tube before and it died after hitting the floor only once.
Not really suitable for punky/garagey/industrial live antics.The soundcraft stuff looks cool, maybe a bit excessive for one microphone.
I doubt theres any mixer that only has one mic input that isn’t utterly crap?
Thanks again for all the info
May 3, 2010 at 7:15 pm #108105Mr.GrimMembertry behringer mixers, i know they have gotten mixed reviews on sum of there products, but who dont, and i own 2 of there larger mixers and there great in my opinion, and friends of mine think so as well.
heres a good example of a small one for cheap, just search ebay, im sure you can get sumthing for your needs from them thrue ebay for around $20!
May 3, 2010 at 7:40 pm #108079farfisavoxMemberQuote:try behringer mixers, i know they have gotten mixed reviews on sum of there products, but who dont, and i own 2 of there larger mixers and there great in my opinion, and friends of mine think so as well.heres a good example of a small one for cheap, just search ebay, im sure you can get sumthing for your needs from them thrue ebay for around $20!
Ah, that looks like just the ticket. Hopefully it’ll be better quality than the Behringer guitar amp I bought when I was little :p
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