Why did Soundcraft....

[Kemper Watson]

leave pads off the GB4 console?

 

[Gareth Marsh]

Re: Why did Soundcraft....

I have honestly never been able to understand this.... There are mics that will easily clip the input at minimum gain.

It used to drive me insane but thankfully I haven't had to use one in a while.

IIRC the Venice also had no pads but I never seemed to have such an issue with clipping on those.



-Gareth

 

[Jordan Wolf]

Re: Why did Soundcraft....

Kemper,

I have been wondering that for years. Buy/make some and add them to your arsenal…it never hurts to have them. I recommend no more than 20dB…switchable can be nice, too.

Other than that lack of feature, the GB-series consoles are a very close competitor to A&H's GL-series boards.

 

[Kemper Watson]

Re: Why did Soundcraft....

Kemper,

I have been wondering that for years. Buy/make some and add them to your arsenal…it never hurts to have them. I recommend no more than 20dB…switchable can be nice, too.

Other than that lack of feature, the GB-series consoles are a very close competitor to A&H's GL-series boards.

Going to buy some Monday. Console works very well except for that one issue..

 

[Kemper Watson]

Re: Why did Soundcraft....

I have honestly never been able to understand this.... There are mics that will easily clip the input at minimum gain.

It used to drive me insane but thankfully I haven't had to use one in a while.

IIRC the Venice also had no pads but I never seemed to have such an issue with clipping on those.



-Gareth

It didn't clip that hard, but it would have been better with a pad..

 

[Eric Cagle]

Re: Why did Soundcraft....

To keep you guys from using condenser mics on the toms.

 

[Kemper Watson]

Re: Why did Soundcraft....

To keep you guys from using condenser mics on the toms.

It was an inexpensive Sennheiser headset microphone. Singer wouldn't (didn't know how to) turn it down. There is plenty of headroom on my Beta and SM 98's...LOL