ORIGINAL: ghettomex214
well i just received my Solo 610 Preamp and i was looking at the booklet that came with it and it gives you instruction on how to hook it up. i was reading that you can hook it up to a 2nd preamp. but i dont know if i can use another mic preamp ''ISA One''.
just want to know if its ok and will not damage my mic or the preamps.
Solo-610 has Fat Tone/Flat
ISA One has silky warm sound
You can't use a second one, at least not the microphone level input, it would simply overdrive that input and distort (not the good kind) and may even damage the second preamp. Now,.. if the second preamp had a "line" level input where you were just using it as a second gain stage for it's tone then, yes you could do that.
As for damage the mic would not be at risk as long as it was hooked to the first preamp correctly but the second preamp could be damaged if too much signal went into the microphone input. In fact even a microphone can damage a preamp. That's why some have a "pad" or attenuation control to lower the output of the mic when used in front of a very loud source.
Microphones put out a very tiny signal, that's why we need a preamp. The microphone input of a preamp is expecting that little tiny signal... NOT a line level signal.
OK... ! I see what they mean. I just read that the Solo 610 output can be switched to either line or MICROPHONE level. If you set it to output mic level then yes, you could hook that into the mic input of a second preamp. Just make darn sure you have it set correctly.
post edited by ohhey - 2008/09/09 20:03:39