Metering???

[rosindabow]

Hi all,

I have now been working with these mic pres (2 J99s and 2 A12s) for the last couple of weeks - I love them - but, I have a big problem with them - there is no metering - none at all. No lights to even tell f there is signal getting to the unit. Just the big on/off switch. To some people that may be okay, to me it is not. I have a huge setup with many ins and outs and a patch bay. I cannot tell you how much easier things are when I can see signal flow and double check if everything I've patched is correct. Does anyone have any thoughts at all as to how one could implement that with these pres? Is there something out there already?

Thanks,

[tpryan]

There are lots of possibilities to add metering, but we have no plans to make the kits any more complex than they are right now.

[Jezza]

The metering that is critical is the stage after the preamp - your AD converter. If you just want a little light to check for signal those meters will do the job too, and following the patch cables can't be all that hard either...

[rosindabow]

I wear many hats when I work. I'm producing, composing, singing, playing, mixing, etc... A simple little light that tells me I am getting signal at a part of a chain - when I just pulled out a mic stand, plugged it in, and set it up, have a singer waiting, have 2 mics plugged into a snake out in my garage and one plugged in to a snake next to me - a simple little light letting me know that I plugged everything in correctly really helps. I guess no one else has this situation - oh well - if someone ever does, let me know. For now, I will have that moment or two (or 5 minutes) of panic as to why I am not getting signal where I thought it would be - plug and unplug everything again and recheck my signal path ... a little flickering light ... didn't think it would be such an odd and/or difficult request.

[tpryan]

It wouldn't be that difficult to add, but you're on your own with any mods.

[Todzilla]

Tim can weigh in, but one of the things that makes these kits such an incredible value is their lack of extra features.

While we'd all love a built in pad, built in low-cut, metering and built in DI per unit, that'd probably double the cost of these units.