JDofSD

Thanks, I'll do some experimenting with it this weekend. "Controlled manner" is a good thing. With the guitar amp it's too low, then it's too loud with no in between. I'm going to like this much more I'm sure.

Thanks. I guess what I meant was the overall power of this gear; not the mic volume specifically. Even when I plug my HD500X/guitar in, the volume is extremely low compared to a traditional guitar amplifier. I've been out of the business for a while now so I'm not as up on my gear as I used to be, but 800 watts vs. 100 watts leads one to believe the 800 watt amp. would be much louder. Are the speakers set so they need to be driven harder than a guitar amp, and that's why the volume won't be as loud until or unless I either pre-amp it, or turn it up past the half-way mark?

Thanks for the information, and no they weren't dumb suggestions. The answer is the condenser mics. Both my vocal and my instrument mics are condenser to I'll try it with them connect through my Presonus. I am concerned about the overall gain of this thing though. You would think 800 watts would BLAST at 1 or 2 on the volume, but I guess it's not the same as a guitar amp? I can't set my old 100 watt amp past 3 or 4 in the house before it's "too loud". Anyway, thanks again.

Just got the L2t and I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong. All the videos I've see show that you simply plug a microphone into the front panel (input 1 or 2) and away you go. I've tried two different mic's and I don't get any sound out of the speakers. Do I need to go through a phantom power setup or something, or do I have a bad rig? The mic's are brand new too and work with my PreSonus.