Re: MP3 player

[Robin Probyn] "On a recent job we used a mini plug feed from the mixer into a consumer MP3 player.. to mic in.

The sound was very distorted,but ok for transcription at low volume... would that be a line to mic level problem? the player is consumer but was over $100.. so I think its a fairly good one..

Also there was a request for same time code as camera onto the MP3 audio... is there any way to do this with a consumer level player?"

Hello Robin and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum.

Yes, you probably fed line level into a mic level input. There could also have been impedance problems and mono/stereo problems.

Tough one, but doable. Where's the TC coming from? Can you pad it down to mic level? Then get some sort of Y cable to get TC on one input and mic level audio on the other. You want the TC to be lower in level; maybe -12. You'd need a mixer with a spare mic level output.

The Sony MZ100 Minidisc recorder can be adjusted from mic to -10, I think. I know it records at 44.1 16-bit.

Regards,

Ty Ford


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