best way to reduce gain after summing box

white_russian · 8th May 2009

i know there a quite a lot of posts about summing but could not find any infos on this.

after summing 16 channels with my neumann summing card i go into the api 2500 and after that into the api 5500 eq.
as i really like what the make up gain in the 2500 is doing i usually have a signal thats to loud for recording.
what would be the best / easiest way (without using a mixer) to reduce the gain before going back into the box?

i know i could just not drive the output of the 2500 that hot but its just so sweet!

HandCrafted Lab · 8th May 2009

Of course, if you make summing - the overall level will high because each track of 16 add +2-3db into final mix.
Btw, what is input level of API 2550, I can not find this info on site.... though I can assumption for ~ +18-20 db as minimum.... so, it is not enough for receiving signal from summing card?

I.e 2500 is overloaded?

coder · 8th May 2009

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white_russian Gear interested Joined: Nov 2008 Location: north of germany Posts: 19 Thread Starter	best way to reduce gain after summing box i know there a quite a lot of posts about summing but could not find any infos on this. after summing 16 channels with my neumann summing card i go into the api 2500 and after that into the api 5500 eq. as i really like what the make up gain in the 2500 is doing i usually have a signal thats to loud for recording. what would be the best / easiest way (without using a mixer) to reduce the gain before going back into the box? i know i could just not drive the output of the 2500 that hot but its just so sweet!

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HandCrafted Lab Gear addict Joined: Jul 2005 Location: Kiev,Ukraine Posts: 450	Of course, if you make summing - the overall level will high because each track of 16 add +2-3db into final mix. Btw, what is input level of API 2550, I can not find this info on site.... though I can assumption for ~ +18-20 db as minimum.... so, it is not enough for receiving signal from summing card? I.e 2500 is overloaded? __________________ Hand Crafted Labs http://www.myspace.com/handcraftedlabs Tube Studio Gear Key words for search across forum & world - HCL, Hand Crafted Labs, HandCrafted Labs

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