You are the only KZreadr I have found that does straight forward, simple tutorials and it really, really helps. Thank you for all the amazing videos!

You make very useful and informative videos. You deserve 20 times the subscribers you have. I hope more people discover your wonderful channel. Thanks for taking the time to make these videos Julian.

Excellent video. It's very nice to see things explained throughly, including, for example, the different wiring configurations, and not just assuming that they are clear to everyone without being explained. Good job! :-)

That silent "nothing" 😂 Thanks for the informative video!

Thx for answering the question I had, I asked you this same question when I got my solo. I do know now the differences but this video is still extremely helpful and good for beginners.

I’ve been so frustrated with this. You’ve explained this well. The hissing noise is so annoying when I record I almost just gave it all up. Perfect timing coming across your video. Thank you.

This is so useful. I have tried plugging in a microphone using a XLR to 1/4" cable into the line input of an audio mixer and I must say that the result are the same, the sound is very noisy and the gain is terrible. I think it is because the microphones are producing less electric signal than the line audio. So in order to amplify that microphone sound, the audio interface manufacturer had to design a circuit that allows the microphone to be correctly amplified by making a separate control between microphone input and line input.

Thank you for this. I don't have any knowledge on sound equipment but I was able to understand what the problem was after seeing your video.

Thanks man. This is exactly what I was looking for. I have the solo one and need a second mic input for the instrument feed.

Much awaited video. Thanks for this...!

Amazing video, did exactly what I was expecting. Thanks!

Exactly the info I was looking for, THANK YOU!!

Thanks for the highly informative videos that you make!

@JulianKrause

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for the tip :)

Thank you. I was dying to get answer for this

Great Video, thank you Julian!

@JOANEVERGARA

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, ty.

This was exactly what i was looking for. Thank you.

that an useful video! after many google searches on this issue and finally a great answer plus addition useful infos. Thanks a lot!

I seem to remember as a teenager with my tape four track plugging a sm58 into an impedance adapter transformer that was a inline xlr to 1/4 inch. Worked pretty good if I recall. But it changed the impedance from low to high so that it would work. You should test one of those maybe from Hosa and see if it improves the sound dramatically.

This video has the exact information I wanted. I tried to use input2 not for recording, but for directing people in the recording booth. Although there is noise, it seems okay to connect the microphone to input2 for directing.

Thanks for this bother! Exactly what I was looking for! Hugs from Brazil!

Dear Julian, Excellent review, simple and straight to the point. Could you make a video on how to stream the best quality audio and video live? Video is easy as most phones today deliver good video, the primary challenge is to be able to stream high quality audio live.

This was great. I was almost gonna buy the Scarlet solo bc i thought i could just use the line in for second mic. Will get the 2i2 instead. Thanks!

Thank you so much sir for your packaged information.

Thanks for sharing. I was wondering and researching this same thing. Well guess I better get a booster to boost this MV7 dynamic mic.

Good sharing to audio interface beginner user. Simple yet useful.

2:56 oh boy 😂

Thanks for this video I had to buy the 1/4 connector for my audio interface and sm7b microphone now i can make good music

Thank you!!! Just the info i was looking for!!!

Helpful and to the point video .. ❤️ Thankyou

lol none of the noises could beat my tinnitus

i learnt things i wanted to learn and things i didn't know i needed to know! thank you

Can you do a video on balanced vs unbalanced connections? Pros and cons etc.

@robjthmpsn

3 жыл бұрын

Simplistic answer since this question has a lot of thumbs up. A balanced cable has an extra wire inside that picks up the noise only and is out of phase. When added to the regular wire which has your audio and the noise and is in phase, the out of phase noise added to the in phase noise cancels each other out and literally disappears, leaving only your noise free audio. Both devices on each end of the cable must be balanced gear. Most instruments aren't balanced, so balancing usually occurs between the interface and your monitors or the mixer and the interface.

@noneofmany

3 жыл бұрын

@@robjthmpsn That's the best, simplest explanation I've ever read. Thanks.

so basically, a dynamic mic plugged into a 1/4" line level jack sounds like a steinberg interface 😜👍

@noneofmany

3 жыл бұрын

Shots fired!

@danboud8135

3 жыл бұрын

I genuinely guffawed reading this comment. Too true

@ttian2

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao so disrespectful - we Steinberg users have esteem too 🤣

@ChrisGardinerBill

3 жыл бұрын

I have a Steinberg UR12 and I can confirm this 😂

@WarrenPostma

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisGardinerBill Steinberg UR22 MkII user here, it's hot trash for any microphone. It works fine for synths, and guitars.

Thanks for the video! Very informative

Thank you for the info! It was useful =)

I found that if you connect a dynamic microphone to a pre amp like a dbx 286s and then connect the pre amp to the instrument input of your audio interface, you don't get that noise level at all. I guess it's due to the pre amp gain. To be honest I have used this setup for months before using it the right way but I barely ear any difference. Great video as always !

@xHadesStamps

3 жыл бұрын

You're not plugging the microphone into the 1/4" input. You're plugging the pre into it. That's what you're supposed to do with the preamp.

@angelfranco5809

8 ай бұрын

Pre amps have a balanced signal

great content! subbed

Although everything in this video is spot on, I'd like to add that you actually CAN use a line input (of an interface with good, low-noise preamps) for very loud sources like kick drum, snare drum, bass amp etc. and dynamic mics that aren't too low in output. Since you mentioned small band settings where you're just short if a few mic inputs on the desk - as long as you designate those line inputs to drums' close mics (especially if you'll use noise gates, e.g. on kick or toms) you might actually get along pretty well. For live applications this is even more an option.

@chipcaronte

2 жыл бұрын

Since you commented... I got a question, will this be doable if you connect a reamp box between de Mic and the Interface?

my queston answered!!!! thanks dude!

2:56 the sound of my people!

Could you plug a Rode Videomic with 3.5mm to 1/4” adaptor into the line level input of the Solo? The videomic has a stated max output of +6.9dBu. That would be handy as a dual mic setup in a pinch if possible.

@JulianKrause

2 жыл бұрын

Hey, this would only work with a VideoMic Pro because it has a battery. The VideoMic needs plugin power to operate and the line level input does not provide that. Still, with the VideoMic Pro there is probably going to be a lot of noise.

@cannongavin5194

2 жыл бұрын

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@trippgiovanni6581

2 жыл бұрын

@Cannon Gavin Instablaster =)

@cannongavin5194

2 жыл бұрын

@Tripp Giovanni i really appreciate your reply. I found the site on google and im waiting for the hacking stuff now. Seems to take a while so I will get back to you later with my results.

@cannongavin5194

2 жыл бұрын

@Tripp Giovanni It worked and I now got access to my account again. I am so happy:D Thanks so much you really help me out!

In Julian testing we trust 😊

Very good demonstration of the background noise difference with the different connections from a mic. One question: I am recording using GarageBand and Revolution 2x2. I use channel one, audio recording, dynamic mic, and although i do record voice, i do not see a noticeable wave amplitude on the track display. My understanding is that it is better to have a noticeable wave signal. What is happening? I am turning the gain on channel one appropriately. Thanks for your review, Jorge

Great video Julian. But one question. How would this translate to a cheap lav mic or shotgun mic which are specifically made for use with pc soundcards? I have here a lav mic which can operate passive and with battery power. The cheap one from boya. Would it provide a good noise floor or still suck? Would the direct monitoring work with it? I ask because I wanted to get an audio interface but use it without XLR microphones in the beginning - what is your opinion?

Extremely helpful...thanks, Julian. I am using the 2nd gen version of the Focusrite Scarlett Solo and had been fighting with trying to get my mic to record audio tracks panning left & right (in Cakewalk), and with no success I might add. And though I DO have a mic cable that uses a 1/4 inch male with an xlr female mic connector, this video made it clear that I would have a lot of difficulties trying to use a mic in the instrument/line input. BUT!...I really need the capability to record left & right (panned) audio tracks. Can you - or anyone else following this video - tell me the best (not to mention affordable) USB device that would allow me to do so?

Good information

I have tried this but you can connect a mixer with a Y cable or Regular Trs it will sound very good depending how good your mixer can output the sound

Thank you very much 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

thanks for the video, just subbed and liked

very good microphones !

very useful video.. this happened to me before

hey julian thanks for this one, i was wondering about the same, if i could use two mics on Focusrite solo (a condenser in xlr and SM57 in 1/4 input) we saw condenser in the 1/4 input producing a lot of noise, but what about a dynamic mic? since no phantom power is needed would a SM57 work normally in 1/4 input?

Very helpful

Thanks for explaining this so well. I have a similar situation and I was trying to use a second microphone on my Focusrite Solo interface. So it looks like there is no alternative to use a second microphone.

@gabrielrai6407

Жыл бұрын

yes there is, buy a IMPEDANCE MACHING xlr to 1/4 trs

what is cable in IN 2 on komplete audio sound card, which you used for microphone?

Please do a video about complete setup explanation for mic'ing guitar amp at room level volume using dynamic mics. Please 🙏🏻

Very good

Thanks for the demonstration. One question. What if the microphone has a quarter inch output, as is the case of the Yamaha DM 105 microphone? Is it possible to use a microphone on a line input so that we have more mic connected to a mixing console that has few XLR inputs?

excellent

I accidentally had my pre's for my top snare mic (sm57) and kick mic (AKG D112) set to "line" instead of "mic". Sounded great and still peaked around -8db. Didn't even realize until the next day when looking at my preamps

forgive me if this is a noob question, but would a 1/4" female to XLR male converter work to give a clear, loud signal from a dynamic mic?

Great. I am have a question. So what can i plug my Guitar cab mic into and what dynamic mic should i get to use for a low budget price. I am using a guitar tuned to G1 and WGS, WEBER, and JENSEN speakers. The amp is an Ampeg VH140 with pedals. Very ultra clear sound quality, very high gain modded setup. Thanks for any help.

How significant will be the passive and active pick up of a guitar might affect this?????

Julian could you use a mic pre-amp like the ART Pro with outputs going into the Line level inputs and get great sound? A more expensive way but not you have 4 mic inputs all together.

thank you for the video. i wanted to ask - if i connect a mic preamp in the line input and a mic to the preamp, could i record 2 mics with the scarlett solo? it makes sans but i have not seen anyone talking about it. thank you!

Thanks for the video! I have a question tho, I'm planning to buy Scarlett 8i6. Can I plug in instruments (Elec guitar / Bass guitar) at 4 balanced line inputs at the back?

@supersonicsroots

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, but the gain would be very, very low and impedance is wrong. Use a d.i. box to solve this.

I'm working on a wood stomp box. I would like to plug into my guitar amp. I'm using two different sized speakers as the microphones inside the box. A mid-range and a tweeter. They are both 6 ohm. I also would like to put them on a 3-way switch (Left, right, both). Am I going to have impedance problems? Do I need a hi-lo Z transformer? Can I wire this in the box? I've taken on too much I think. What are your feelings on this matter?

would have liked the comparison to include one of the impedance adapters.

I was honestly expecting the frequency response to be different but it wasn't. Mostly what changed is the decreasing of the signal-to-noise ratio and much higher noise floor overall.

Great video... But what about the reverse. I.e. I bought a jack (XLR-male with 1/4 inch TR female) to plug electric guitar directly into. Can that possibly cause any damage to my interface?

What if you boost the microphone signal to the guirar input? Would that improve the recording? My purpose is to by pass my undersaddle pick up in an acoustic guitar and performing using a microphone on the guitar. Not to record at this time. I have a tube preamp and other signal booster pedals. More experiments must be done.

someone had to do it 😤👌

Hmmm. I don't know exactly what the difference is but I have an older Focusrite Scarlett Pro 14. I use the interface to get mics into the computer to then distribute back out to an IEM system. I have to have one Mic connected using a balanced XLR to jack adapter. I don't seem to get nearly as much hiss as you experienced. Could it just be I'm getting lucky that the jack inputs on my interface, although line level, are also balanced and I'm using a balanced adapter which helps cancel noise?

sehr gut. danke

Okay i get it, but is there ANY WAY? like adding preamp? 9-12V like for guitar or Beringher Micromon? I am not talking about Phantom (tho this could be the right one, huh?) You can work on reducing noise after on Audacity/Nuendo - whatever. PS. I consider this, that perhaps I should buy e.g. bigger interface with 2 combo, but for now I have to deal with smaller device.

Hello Julian, I have a big request. Can you make a video with REW? a detailed tutorial? I always have problems with the minidsp 2x4HD. The sub curve always falls at 40HZ, I've tried everything and nothing. Can only the minidsp be defective right? I have two Sub Klipsch SPL-120s and a Marantz NR1608. Thank you

*With a reasonably sensitive dynamic in front of a relatively loud guitar speaker, the preamp noise will probably be masked by the source. Pointed at a snare or similar loud source, the S/N can be somewhere close to tape. Never probably acceptable for naked speech, but often usable (better than nothing!) in a full mix scenario.

My audio interface is focusrite 2i2 3rd gen snd microphone that i am using is Lewitt lct440...so what settings would be better for recording vocals?

i was testing this to build my home karaoke and i found out singstar PS2 microphones work quite well with a trs adapter and inst mode. they're a bit sensible and have no popfilter but i get good enough quality from them :D

What I want to know, is it possible to use the mic input for guitar or keyboard ? Of cours with phantom power switched off.

My own question is how is it possible for some Interfaces to have the same input for insrtrument and Line-in without any switch to choose between the two. Instrument output should have much-much higher impedance than Line output. There should be an impedance mis-match somewhere. Maybe an idea for a future video like this one. And maybe an aspect of Audio Interface performance to measure in reviews, for those that don't offer the relevant switch.

hm am I correct that if we routed it through external preamp, that would sound acceptable?

@Wuppie62

2 жыл бұрын

My guess is it should. I've succesfully used an iRig Pre 2 to connect a dynamic mic via a Line in to an analog mixer.

I used to record guitar using two microphones and one of them was plugged into Line because my interface only had 1 XLR input. I only mixed in a little bit of the signal of the Line mic so it worked out more or less fine. Actually i don't even remember that much noise in the recording when i did that. Anyway, I wouldn't let the number of inputs stop me from making music. XD

What if i plugged an external preamp to the inst input ? Will it be better or still bunch of noise ? Kinda need to record with two mic.but only had behringer umc22 😂 Im thinking to get an external mic preamp, or should i get another interface ?

What happens when you connect a 1/4 trs from a 286s to a XLR to your interface? I suspect it should be louder or just simply not work at all. Thoughts?

@JulianKrause

3 жыл бұрын

It will work just fine. If you do this I recommend to set the gain on the interface to the minimum and then adjust the signal with the output dial on the 286s. You probably have to turn down the output dial a bit because the XLR input is a mic input and designed handle lower signals.

@TechButler

3 жыл бұрын

@@JulianKrause That's why I asked. I don't have anything to test it with at the moment, but thought that might be a way to juice a little more gain out of the setup.

@xHadesStamps

3 жыл бұрын

You want to have all of gain before the DBX's processing. The compressor, expander, and deesser will not work properly. I would only recommend using XLR if your audio interface doesn't have line level inputs (and apparently the Solo actually has a line option for input 2), with the exception of your audio interface accepting line level XLR

Ok Julian but if the sound interface have only lines and instruments inputs like in the Behringer umc204hd or in the old Scarlet Solo?

thanks

Ich finde sowohl dein Wissen über die Technik, als auch deine technischen Möglichkeiten beneidenswert. Ich warte schon immer auf deine neuen Videos. Könntest du mal Mikrofonsplitter in verschiedenen Preisklassen Testen? Das würde einigen (Hobby)Musikern bestimmt weiterhelfen, mir auf jeden Fall. Gruß Klaus

@JulianKrause

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Klaus, hast du da einen speziellen Mikrofonsplitter im Kopf?

@klauskroe4254

3 жыл бұрын

Mikrofonsplitter für 1 Mikro: IMG Stageline MPS-1 Palmer PMS-02 Mikrofon Splitter Mikrofonsplitter für 8 Mikros: Behringer ULTRALINK MS8000 Palmer Pro RMMS 8 Es wäre interessant wie gut oder schlecht die billigen im Vergleich zu den höherpreisigen Exemplaren abschneiden.

Hi Julian, can you help me. I have an audio streaming problem. My set up is, condenser and dynamic mic also piano goes to yamaha f5 mixer. From mixer, connect to scarlett solo. This focusrite solo plug in to notebook.I am using OBS to broadcast on you tube. But whay the saramonic blink sounds good but the dynamic mic and instrument sounds terrible. Sometimes appears sometimes not.

Nice Test 4 Us

Soooooo imagine I have a guitar with active pickups. These basically function as a pre-amp built into the guitar, and you use the volume knob on the guitar to regulate the gain they output. If you connect those to the standard input at the front of the interface, you usually have to turn the gain knobs way down on both the guitar and the interface to avoid clipping, simply because the output of the active pick ups is so much stronger than that of a guitar with passive pick ups. And since you said that the line-in inputs (typically on the back of the audio interface devices) are made to receive signals that are a lot stronger than that of a mic, I reckon they would work with the stronger signals from those active guitar pick ups. What do you think? Has anyone tried this?

@chipcaronte

2 жыл бұрын

Strategic dot.

I want to have the possibility to record stereo now and then. Otherwise I'm fine with just one mic input. If I was to connect my stereo mics to a small mic preamp and output a linelevel signal via TRS to one TRS/XLR combo input and one TRS instrument/line input, do you think this would be fine? Or are there differences in the interface preamps that would make this not usable?

@JulianKrause

3 жыл бұрын

That sounds like an over complicated setup and you might end up slightly different sound on the left and right. I would recommend to buy an interface with two mic inputs which allows you to simply connect two mics to record in stereo.

You could've also tried using it with a fethead, that way the signals could've been boosted without noise.

@JulianKrause

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, that doesn't work because the line / inst Input does not provide phantom power for the FetHead to operate.

Hello Julian, I am new to your channel and want to ask you if you already tried Mics from the t.bone.

@JulianKrause

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, I haven't tried a t.bone mic yet.

@schipbreukeling3

3 жыл бұрын

@@JulianKrause I just ordered the sc 400, heard good stories about it.

Hey Julian, when you used the DBX 286s, were your recordings in reverse polarity? I acquired a 286s and my recordings are now in reverse polarity compared to my Motu M2, which records with proper polarity. I thought it might be the cable I was using, so I bought another, but this didn't fix the issue.

@JulianKrause

3 жыл бұрын

Hm, that's weird. I haven't noticed a reversal of polarity with the 286s but I haven't checked for it. If the 286s flips the polarity you could build your own cable with crossed-over wires to correct it.

@MaximusLegend

3 жыл бұрын

@@JulianKrause Thanks for the quick reply. Yep, that's the plan now. I wish it wasn't the case, but it gives me a reason to learn how to solder.

Also can you tell us what to plug into instrument in ? Keyboards, electric guitar, music players too???

How about, using the solo line in with dbx 286s? Would this work? Great video btw. :)

@JulianKrause

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, that works and that's what the line level input is designed for ;)

nice dig at stienberg 2:07

Hi, (1) Is it okay to connect the output from a 50-watt guitar amplifier headphone port to a line-in input port on a mixer? (2) Also, is it okay to connect the output from a 50-watt guitar amplifier headphone port to a line-in input port on a PC sound card? When I did (2) the PC sound card quite literally got fried up. But for (1), the mixer didn't get burnt up and everything functioned normally. What's the difference actually between the two scenarios? Afterall both had the same signal from the headphones output port going into a line-level input port.

Many thanks. I really wanted to know what is line input. Now i know. Except, i use a camcorder which has a 3 inputs: Line , mic , mic+48v. I wanted to know what Line input for? Can i use it for audio mixer? And what if i connect mixer to regular mic input? Which i usually do, and get fine resuly.