CurtZHP
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My most recent mic preamp project, "THAT Thing," has been working great for me. Recently, though, while experimenting with some mic setups, I came upon a rather odd circumstance when using it with another gadget in my studio. I've attached the schematic for reference.
As I said, under normal circumstances it performs satisfactorily.
When I plug in this gadget...
https://www.radioworld.com/tech-and-gear/simply-sound-ss1-gives-mics-a-pick-me-up
....suddenly, all the low end disappears, and what's left sounds really boxy and harsh.
A little background on this SS-1 gadget...
I received it a couple years ago when I did a review of it for Radio World. The makers let me keep it. It works great on every other preamp I've ever used it with. The company, Simply Sound, has apparently dropped off the face of the earth, so I have no way of asking them; and I have no schematic for it.
I've tried it with transformer-coupled preamps, capacitor-coupled preamps, and whatever my Audient iD22 uses. Works fine. But, as soon as I plug it into THAT Thing, it sounds not much better than a telephone line.
Obviously, there's some weird interaction between the two that doesn't seem to happen elsewhere.
Thoughts?
P.S. the mic I'm using is an MXL R40 ribbon mic. I also tried an Electro-Voice RE320.
As I said, under normal circumstances it performs satisfactorily.
When I plug in this gadget...
https://www.radioworld.com/tech-and-gear/simply-sound-ss1-gives-mics-a-pick-me-up
....suddenly, all the low end disappears, and what's left sounds really boxy and harsh.
A little background on this SS-1 gadget...
I received it a couple years ago when I did a review of it for Radio World. The makers let me keep it. It works great on every other preamp I've ever used it with. The company, Simply Sound, has apparently dropped off the face of the earth, so I have no way of asking them; and I have no schematic for it.
I've tried it with transformer-coupled preamps, capacitor-coupled preamps, and whatever my Audient iD22 uses. Works fine. But, as soon as I plug it into THAT Thing, it sounds not much better than a telephone line.
Obviously, there's some weird interaction between the two that doesn't seem to happen elsewhere.
Thoughts?
P.S. the mic I'm using is an MXL R40 ribbon mic. I also tried an Electro-Voice RE320.