Hi all, I'm trying to record at home using these a Zoom H5 recorder and Yamaha mixing desk MG12XU 12.
At the moment, vocals go into the desk and I use a phono jack out of the desk and into L1 of the Zoom. Bass comes from a DI on the back of the amp into R1 of the Zoom.
I've got two questions:
1. Even though the vocal sounds good out of the main speakers, it sounds like it peaks in the Zoom recorder, even when the read-out on the screen is only at -12. Any ideas why?
2. I'd like to feed a guitar or maybe two into the mixing desk, so is there a way of separating those instruments out into the Zoom (I've got an EXH-6 Dual XLR/TRS Input Capsule so I can have more inputs in the Zoom). Would I pan vocals to the left and guitar to the right - not sure how to do that? Particularly if I don't want the sound panned out of the main speakers too.
Any help really appreciated!
Photo of desk set up:
And don't know if this is relevant, but this is the interface set-up for getting the desk into Reaper (I'm pretty sure this isn't how I should be doing it):
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I don't know the devices you are using that well but often, if mic/line is not selectable, then the selection will be made based on what connector you use on a combi input.
If you use an XLR then it will use Mic level, if you use a TRS connector then it will go in at Line level.
I don't know if those devices work that way though.
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You should be going out of the desk into the Line input which is the TRS input of the combiner's connector, not the XLR connector.
The H5 auto senses which connector type you're using and changes the gain to suit.
Microphones are connected via XLR, Mixers and keyboards with TRS for line level operation.
If your mixer isn't operating at +4dB then you may need the pad.
If your mixer is outputting at +4dB then you shouldn't need the pad.
Page 8 of the manual says this:
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In terms of the outputs, do you just mean that I can send the audio plenty of places, but it'll always be a single mix of the various inputs?
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The line in will be unbalanced I think, as it is a minijack for two channels.
Not 100% sure, I've never used it.
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Predictive text fucked me again.
What I meant was "into the Line input which is the TRS input of the combi connector,"
This is a Combi connector.
It takes an XLR (mic) OR a TRS plug.
This is an XLR plug:
This is a TRS plug.
When using the H5 from your mixer you should use the TRS plug.
If you use an XLR then it will operate at Mic level.
If, when using the TRS plug to connect your mixer to the H5, the signal is still too hot then use the pad.
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I'm looking at a pic of the Komplete and it has a MONO button directly below the monitor output volume knob. That should sum the output to dual mono out of the phones out and out of the main 1-2 OUT on the back.
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If it is still distorting then it isn't the Zoom that is overloading, it is happening at another stage, maybe at the preamp in the mixer?
How hot is that running?
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