Now, you are infn the recording studio. It’s time to record vocal! You have to choose mic, preamp. It’s on you to choose the best mic and preamp for singer. Oh, you already choose them? Let’s connect them.
First, you have to know the signal flow of the studio. Every studio has its own signal flow and if you miss it, some of gears can be destroyed. Then I will tell you the usual signal flow. First, mic. Mic makes the electric signal and it goes to preamp. Mic signal is too weak to use, so preamp makes mic level signal strong, which is called line level. Now we have strong enough signal. Wait a second. We use computer to record sound but computer uses only digital signal, and we have analog signal. We have to convert analog signal to digital signal. AD convertor does this work. Actually, AD means Analog to Digital. So, we finally record the sound. It is time to listen. play the recorded sound. Computer play the sound but we can’t hear it because it is digital signal. DA convertor makes digital signal to analog signal. Now, we have line level signal again. But it is too weak to move the speakers. That’s why we use power amp. Put the signal to power amp. After power amp, amplified signal can move speakers.
This process is essential signal flow. You can put signal processor, and you can change this signal flow, based on basic. You are ready to record!
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