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[James Wright]

Hi,

I remember reading a long string of posts on here a while back about input gain levels. The post ended up putting to bed the misconception about reducing feedback by turning down input gain and turning it back up further down the line...i.e. gain is gain, but put in a more eloquent way.

I have tried searching for the post, but to no avail. Can anyone help me in finding it again.

Thanks

[John Roberts {JR}]

I don't know about that post, but in the context of feedback it is the total loop gain and response that matters. Gain from multiple stages in series is additive, so only the total gain matters, not where in the loop it occurs.

JR

[Charlie Zureki]

I don't know about that post, but in the context of feedback it is the total loop gain and response that matters. Gain from multiple stages in series is additive, so only the total gain matters, not where in the loop it occurs.

JR

      Nice answer J.R., short, and to the point...

   Hammer

[James Wright]

Thanks John Roberts, thats great.

I was having a debate with a colleague about this matter and that is a far better statement than I could make.

Cheers!

[Ivan Beaver]

Thanks John Roberts, thats great.

I was having a debate with a colleague about this matter and that is a far better statement than I could make.

Cheers!

Think about it this way.  If there was a way to have a single point of gain that would greatly reduce feedback (if the gain was made at that point), then all manufacturers would put the gain there.

There is no magic bullet.

[dick rees]

Think about it this way.  If there was a way to have a single point of  feed..........

There is no magic bullet.

Au contraire, mon frere

"As seen on TV!!!!!!"

[Ivan Beaver]

Au contraire, mon frere

"As seen on TV!!!!!!"

Is that a balanced or unbalanced connection on that one?

[dick rees]

Is that a balanced or unbalanced connection on that one?

I think it's like my automatic washer.  If the load is unbalanced, it stops spinning and an alarm goes off.

[Jonathan Johnson]

Is that a balanced or unbalanced connection on that one?

It depends on the sources you are mixing.

The higher the concentration of C₂H₆O in the source, the less balanced the audience will be.

[Ryan Lantzy]

Hi,

I remember reading a long string of posts on here a while back about input gain levels. The post ended up putting to bed the misconception about reducing feedback by turning down input gain and turning it back up further down the line...i.e. gain is gain, but put in a more eloquent way.

I have tried searching for the post, but to no avail. Can anyone help me in finding it again.

Thanks

One thing I would add to what others have said...  *If* you have a console with a particularly badly designed mic preamp, and an idiot operator, excessive gain at the preamp stage with massive attenuation down the line may cause issues.  The issues arise from said badly designed mic preamp causing some response change in the circuit path.  Granted, this is probably only going to be a problem in extreme cases.

As JR said, it's still about total gain and *response*.  Just don't forget about response and what influences it.