D.W. Fearn VT-I/F - Manual (Page 17)

D.W. FEARN
VT-I/F Vacuum Tube Instrument Interface
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1. The VT-I/F must be located near the instrument. Ten feet of cable between
the instrument and the VT-I/F should be considered the maximum.
2. Use the best quality cables you can. We don’t believe you have to use eso-
teric wire, but do use good quality, well-shielded cables. The input cable
shielding is particularly important. The output cable should be a standard
balanced mic cable designed for use with low-Z microphones. Gold-contact
phone and XLR connectors are recommended.
3. There should be no additional cables, connectors, junction boxes, patch
jacks, punch blocks, etc. between the VT-I/F output and the VT-1/VT-2
Input.
4. The outputs of the VT-1/VT-2 should be fed directly to the recorder through
the shortest practical lengths of quality cables. Avoid additional cables, con-
nectors, junction boxes, punch blocks, or patch jacks. Use gold contact con-
nectors if possible. Do not go through the mixing console unless you
absolutely need its features for the track you are cutting.
4. In general, for superior sound, we recommend recording directly to the
recorder with no processing (compression, equalization, gating, etc). Any
processing can be added in the mix, if necessary. You may find that far less
processing is required when using the VT-I/F. If processing is required while
recording the track, insert the processing device after the VT-1/VT-2 and
before the recorder.
5. Feeding the VT-I/F into the studio console will negate some of the benefits
of the VT-I/F. Use a premium-quality microphone preamplifier (such as our
VT-1/VT-2). Go through the console only if it is absolutely necessary.