I knew this was going to turn into "why do you need all that audio gear" discussion. Never mind. Thanks for your input. I guess i'll just ask Eric or Wayne next Friday at Dayton. __________________ Slava (Sal) B, W2RMS w2...@arrl.net
On May 9, 2014, at 8:23 PM, Jim Brown <j...@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote: > On 5/9/2014 4:40 PM, Slava Baytalskiy wrote: >> By "my audio stuff" i mean a mic. >> I'm using a Shure SM58, into a mic preamp, into a >> gate/compressor/limiter/de-esser into an EQ into a mixer into the K3's >> line-in. > > Hi Slava, > > A de-esser works in the 6-8 kHz range, and you need it in a studio, > especially with mics like the SM58 that are sibilant, it's totally useless > for ham radio. If you want to use an SM58, you can run it straight into the > front panel mic input with a suitable adapter -- pin 2 of the XLR is hot, pin > 3 and pin 1 get tied together and go to the connector shell. The K3 has > excellent EQ and compression built in, so you've got a lot of stuff there > that you don't need. > > The SM58 is an singer's vocal mic, it has proximity effect, which adds a lot > of bass that must be equalized out. Pro mics are overkill for ham radio (in > terms of cost), but if you want to use one, go for one of the EV variable-D > mics -- RE10, 11, 15, 16, 18. No proximity effect, no sibilance. > > Another issue with trying to use a pro mic in ham radio is that ham mics have > presence peaks around 3 kHz to compensate for the rolloff of the crystal > filter, so you must add that with an equalizer. The TXEQ in the K3 works VERY > well for that. Before W6XU turned me onto the Yahama CM500 headset, I was > using an RE16 from my stash of recording mics, on an AKG boom. Worked fine, I > got great reports, but the CM500 is $60, and sounds great too. > >> So line-in is taken. I can't put a Y cable there because, correct me if i'm >> wrong, every time Signalink would key up - the mic would go live. >> So that's not an option for me. >> I think its a lot easier to just hit a couple of buttons and switch to the >> front panel mic for digital work, isn't it? >> And the rear mic won't go live either. >> >> As far as audio interface goes, yes, i have an E-mu 0404 USB that i can use. >> But signalink works just fine. No drivers to install. And it has just enough >> controls. > If you're happy with it, use the Line In. But remember that it has a Pin One > Problem, so you could run into RFI with it. > >> I really don't see why i would need a studio quality sound card for PSK31. > > See my exchange with N7WS about that in this thread -- a better sound card > can improve linearity at the bottom of the dynamic range. In fact, you need a > decent USB sound card a LOT more than all that outboard gear. The 0404 is > overkill, although nice if you want to feed a spectrum display using NaP3. > The Signal Link may be good enough -- the cheap Numark and somewhat nicer > Tascam certainly are. > > I use the CM500 plugged into the rear panel mic and headphone jacks, assign > the "Headphones + Speaker" toggle to one of the PF keys. That lets you use > the K3's excellent audio processing, get rid of all that outboard gear, and > makes it very easy to switch from SSB to digital modes. > > 73, Jim K9YC > Retired audio professional > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to sla...@nullserv.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
