Low Input

Kee · Post by **Kee** » Mon Dec 03, 2001 10:33 am

Hi I use a Berhinger ultragain mic pre and i get very low signal in but the mic pre almost peaks anybody have simillar problems?

Ps I know about the difference between -10 and +4 but i have the plus version so its balanced all the way.

Immanuel · Post by **Immanuel** » Mon Dec 03, 2001 11:44 am

I had also a problem with the ultragain and a standard Pulsar1.

However, I found, the problem was not Pulsar related, since the Behringer could hardly feed my taperecorder either.

I send the Behringer to repair
- No problem found

We checked it at the store
- No problem saturating the pre.

I took it home.
- I could not saturate my Pulsar. If I turned up high enough, the vu-meters on the pre would clip (even with nothing conected.

I took it to the store
- Again it was not necesary to gain that high to saturate.

I took it home
- I still could not gain enough.

I got it swaped at the store for something completely different. I believe, I lost some goodwill. Not everyone believed me.

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My advice for you: check it out with other equipment than your Pulsar. It might very well be the Behringer. I saw other ultragains in the shop comming back from rep.

Immanuel

Kee · Post by **Kee** » Mon Dec 03, 2001 12:29 pm

Thanks this is my second behringer ultra gain pre,i had simillar problems with the first one to.But i noticed something els to , cubase and pulsar doesnt work with the same headroom.I tried to connect at sampleplayer to the vu and then to the asio in.And when you half the led in the vu´s you hardly have any signal in cubase WHY?

bensai · Post by **bensai** » Mon Dec 03, 2001 1:21 pm

hi.

I think this depends on th vu meter you are using in pulsar...
is a nearly clipping signal on the vu only half way up in cubase ? when not, it's definitly the vu...

another point could be the bit depth (24 bit- more headroom..), when you got cubase workin in 24bit mode.

hope this helps
ben

Kee · Post by **Kee** » Mon Dec 03, 2001 1:40 pm

Im using planetz´s vu and they say the same as cubase but the led on planetz´s vu´s are on half but the led in cubase almost doesnt move.Is the vu headroom so diffrent...........

janila · Post by **janila** » Mon Dec 03, 2001 3:01 pm

I don't know if this helps but I just thought that cabling (balanced-unbalanced?) and output-input impedance ratio can affect the gained signal. I've had a Behringer mixer and it worked with Pulsar, the Ultragain might be a different case.

Post by **garyb** » Mon Dec 03, 2001 11:51 pm

if the pulsar is the +4 version,is the ultragain set to +4 or is it -20? balanced outputs CAN be at -20. also use a mixer into asio and adjust your gain there.

Kee · Post by **Kee** » Tue Dec 04, 2001 3:18 am

There is no switch between -10 and +4 but there is a level out but the mic pre peaks before there is a decent signal in pulsar/cubase.

Post by **garyb** » Thu Dec 06, 2001 12:05 am

hmm ,input is input in the analog world.it could be low or high but the brand of pre sould make no difference.(i've got no input level probs.)