[Lab] "listening" to high volume using an electret microphone

[Richard Sloan]

pot on output will just limit the now clipped signal, need to adjust the
gain of the amp itself, so the output never clips.....

Richard.


On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 10:13 AM, Justin Slootsky <justin at slootsky.org>wrote:

> Yes, at the 40db setting, it still drives too high.  Maybe I should just
> put a pot on the output and see how that goes.
>
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> *From: *"greg atcheson" <greg.atcheson at gmail.com>
> *To: *"Justin Slootsky" <justin at slootsky.org>
> *Cc: *"lab" <lab at artengine.ca>
> *Sent: *Tuesday, May 6, 2014 9:46:27 AM
> *Subject: *Re: [Lab] "listening" to high volume using an electret
> microphone
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> Have you tried using the other lower-gain setting jumpers mentioned in the
> link? If it was a standard opamp I'd say put a potentiometer in for the
> gain and you can adjust it.
> On May 6, 2014 8:10 AM, "Justin" <justin at slootsky.org> wrote:
>
>> I'm working on a "light organ" type project, and I tried this
>> http://adafru.it/1713 and it worked great until I got to high home
>> stereo volume, then everything was maxed out.  Since my target environment
>> is an indoor concert venue, I need to use something with less amplification.
>> I have a bare electret microphone, but I'm having trouble finding
>> information on how to use it in a high volume environment.
>> Does anyone have any links or suggestions?
>>
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