how to plug brent averill 312a pre (lunchbox) in firepod !!

[galetto]

Hey guys, I just bought a pair of Brent Averill 312 pres, racked into an API lunchbox.
My sound card is a Presonus Firepod, and I use two "XLR to jack" cables to plug the pres into it.
I have two options then :
- I can plug the cables in the front +6db line inputs
or
- I can plug the cables in the rear line inputs
The problem is that it seems that I can't get a lot of input signal when recording : it sounds like the signal saturates once a certain level is reached. However the front inputs give me the higher levels.
I think that the Firepod is acting on the signal in a wrong way in both cases.
How can I solve this problem ? It's a bit frustrating.
Thanks a lot !
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[egan.]

Are you using balanced 1/4" cables? The output on api 312's (are the BA's different?) is generally pretty sick and often need to be padded so it seems crazy you aren't getting enough level.

 

[JeffTD]

The rear inputs aren't inputs... they're sends/returns for the first two pres on the firepod.

 

[colonel kurtz]

not to be a dick(but i'll sound like one anyways...), but what the fuck are people doing spending that much money on shit, when they don't know how to use a line output/input?

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

I was kind of thinking the same thing as well as "why didn't he also invest in a better device?"

 

[Metaltastic]

Well dude, the Brent Averill stuff kicks ass, from what I've heard...but the Firepod is another story (relatively speaking)

 

[galetto]

thx for reply

today i found what is the problem
the problem is the firepod !!

i try to plug my stuff on the firebox of my brother and it works perfectly
i don't understand what happened to my sound card it's near 4 month old
everything else on my firepod seems to work ok

anybody had that kind of problem yet ?


otherwise
i'm drummer and that's why i need the 8 pre of the firepod
i expect to buy a better device but to do better that firepods convertion
i' must pay a big price i think...

 

[galetto]

a pics of the wave i've got with the firepod :

http://trizometal.free.fr/wave%e9cret%e9.jpg





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[Sly]

When you invest in new material, you have to begin somewhere, so I can't really see where is the problem with this guy using a firepod with Brent Averill pres. I'm sure that if he had the money he'd buy a better device, but to get a pair of good pres is great to begin with high end gear. Stop bashing for nothing and help him if you can !
The problem should be the Firepod inputs limiting the signal coming from the lunchbox. Sounds like the Firepod does not have the matching inputs to connect a lunchbox to it.

 

[JeffTD]

If you're going into the first to inputs on the Firepod, those aren't line-level inputs. Try inputs 3/4.

 

[Metaltastic]

I would just request that we stop calling the firepod a "device" and refer to it as an "interface," which, besides being the correct term, is a lot less generic...also, on the topic of the killer pre into the not-so-killer INTERFACE, the issue to me is that I'd imagine it's harder to really notice a difference a good pre makes when your converters are sub-par

 

[Sly]

Yes that's real, but the difference isn't subtle, a great pre will still sound a lot better with poor converters (I did use a MOTU 828 and API pres a long time, and the difference is very audible, but you're right great converters will let you hear all the hugeness of great pres)