bias

Description

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Bias is a dc voltage (1.5 - 9 volts typically) that is provided on a single conductor. Unlike phantom power, bias does not require a balanced circuit. Bias supplies power to a Junction Field Effect Transistor (JFET) connected to the output of an electret condenser mic element.
Bias voltage is a low DC voltage, typically somewhere between 1.5 and 9.5V DC, used to power electronic circuitry located inside a condenser (or capacitor) type microphone's capsule. It is usually a fixed amount of voltage, and it is important to provide the precise amount of voltage for a given capsule design.

Bias Voltage

Submitted by anonymous on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 20:26

A low DC voltage typically supplied by a body-pack wireless transmitter to power a condenser microphone. Not to be confused with phantom power.

High-Bias Tape

Submitted by anonymous on Sun, 06/06/2010 - 15:07

A grade of recording tape that has been designed to reduce the amount of bias a recording deck needs to apply in order to achieve high-frequency reproduction. Since less bias is required, you get less noise in the recording.

Bias

Submitted by anonymous on Sun, 06/06/2010 - 14:08

An electrical current that is sent through the tape heads during recording in order to insure that a minimum level of magnetization is going on at all times. This increases the frequency response of the recording by making it easier for high frequency portions of a signal to reach tape.

Tascam 122MKIII bias setting

Submitted by avraham on Fri, 06/22/2007 - 17:30

What is the best method of setting the bias for the Tascam 122 MKIII cassette deck? The method in the manual gives mixed results at best.

tape bias/calibration

Submitted by anonymous on Tue, 10/18/2005 - 18:00

hi all, i've posted the same question in the project studio forum. i've been using 456 in my 1/2" 16 track, and am wondering how much of a bias/calibration issue running 996 would be?

thanks in advance!

using GP9 on a 456 biased machine... Please help!

Submitted by anonymous on Wed, 05/25/2005 - 18:17

I'll record a friend next weekend and just found out that there is no 456 anymore in town, I'll have to use GP9 or cancel the session cause I can't get my machine rebiased (a fostex g24s, 1")

What will happen if i'm using the wrong tape? I'm recording something noisy, ambient, so I don't need super clean sterile sounds

any advices? thanks

Question about Bias Peak

Submitted by anonymous on Mon, 04/25/2005 - 21:39

Hi all,

I'm new here, just discovered this place!

Here's my situation:

I recorded a stereo file through my new USBPre into Peak...

BIAS PEAK LE-4 & T-RACKS

Submitted by anonymous on Mon, 03/28/2005 - 17:34

Just for fun I downloaded trial versions of both peak & t-racks, and was amazed how much fun I had. I also learned a lot about how to prepare for pro mastering etc.

IK and Bias had both of these on sale and I purchased them. The T-racks is the analog modeled mastering plugin .

Bias Peak

Submitted by maintiger on Thu, 11/04/2004 - 09:14

Anybody work with this thing? I just got it and am running my mixes though it- I can tweak them with eq to sound better but haven't been able to get them louder- I got some demos I would like to send out with a little more volume but don't really want to pay for mastering as these are demo songs and if the songs are picked up they will get rerecorded anyway... any help is appreciated :D

Bias Deck and Peak DAWs

Submitted by anonymous on Fri, 05/14/2004 - 21:13

Has anyone here used either of these? I downloaded the free versions tonight and have been messing around with them for the past few hours. So far, they seem to be pretty deicent programs. I also downloaded Traktion earler today too. Im re- deciding which DAW i would like to purchase at the moment because i have just recently decided not to go with Cubase SX.