My friends studio sounds really Thin when recording and mixdowns i think it has to do with alot of the impedance mismatching of his pieces of gear

The source and destination impedances are all different
for every piece of equipment

Would my friend need special made transformers for each
piece of equipment to match the source and destination
right?

walters wrote:

My friends studio sounds really Thin when recording and mixdowns i think it has to do with alot of the impedance mismatching of his pieces of gear The source and destination impedances are all different for every piece of equipment Would my friend need special made transformers for each piece of equipment to match the source and destination right?

No, all output impedances should work fine with imput impedances they are generally manufactured to allow enough voltage transfer in all situations.

I would suspect your friend has a "thin" issue which is related to something un-related to impedance.
_________________
Recording Studio Suntans

Thanks AC


what do you think it might be then?

walters wrote:

Thanks AC what do you think it might be then?

No idea, you mentioned one adjective which was "thin" that is not much detail to go on, this could be hundreds of things.

BUT I'm sure it is not for impedance.
_________________
Recording Studio Suntans

The source output resistance /impedance is different on every piece
of gear

The destination input resistance/ impedance is different on every piece
of gear

I would think their needs to be a special transformer to TRANSFER to
current and voltage and power from source to destination because
if not its going to sound THIN and not get transfered right

walters wrote:

The source output resistance /impedance is different on every piece of gear The destination input resistance/ impedance is different on every piece of gear I would think their needs to be a special transformer to TRANSFER to current and voltage and power from source to destination because if not its going to sound THIN and not get transfered right

Audio equipment is manufactured to allow for this, generally input impedances are around 10 times higher than output impedances, therefore never an issue as enough voltage gets transferred.
_________________
Recording Studio Suntans

Thanks AC

Can you please list maybe some ways of getting a THIN sound?

walters wrote:

Thanks AC Can you please list maybe some ways of getting a THIN sound?

There is no list, a thin sound to me makes me think of a limited frequency response, so you have to ask yourself what could cause a limited frequency repsonse, and it will not be audio electronics in this case, if it is related t mixing.

Look at phase issues and/or eq problems, but not in this forum.

I would study the area of phase first.
_________________
Recording Studio Suntans