cstockdale
supafly killa homey
Okay, if all you have are Studio Projects B-series mics (B1, B3), and Marshall MXL603s, which are capable, but not astounding by any stretch of the imagination... what level of preamp is worth going to?
I hope someday to have the dollars to have good mics and good pres, but I have a huge wishlist, and that day is a long way away. In the meantime, I want to make my budget mics sound as good as I can.
With mics like these, do you hit the wall with the mic first or the pre? Is there going to be a qualitative difference between a VLZPro, a SOundcraft Spirit M series, a DMP3, and how much worse is a Behringer UB series pre going to be with those mics ?
My overall strategy is attempting something like the following:
use my budget mics, get the best matched pres for those mics, and work to record all my stuff I want to record, slave over the editing, arrangement, mix, and get everything as good as I can make it with the tools I have, and then, and only then, when I know exactly what part I need to play, I can then go and rent some serious gear (good mics, good pres), and say on one weekend do nothing but acoustic guitar parts, another weekend, nothing but vocals, and tailor my rentals to those particular bits that need doing.
Because in reality I know I cannot afford a Neve console, or an Avalon pre ever . But I can afford to rent them for a few days at a time.
I hope someday to have the dollars to have good mics and good pres, but I have a huge wishlist, and that day is a long way away. In the meantime, I want to make my budget mics sound as good as I can.
With mics like these, do you hit the wall with the mic first or the pre? Is there going to be a qualitative difference between a VLZPro, a SOundcraft Spirit M series, a DMP3, and how much worse is a Behringer UB series pre going to be with those mics ?
My overall strategy is attempting something like the following:
use my budget mics, get the best matched pres for those mics, and work to record all my stuff I want to record, slave over the editing, arrangement, mix, and get everything as good as I can make it with the tools I have, and then, and only then, when I know exactly what part I need to play, I can then go and rent some serious gear (good mics, good pres), and say on one weekend do nothing but acoustic guitar parts, another weekend, nothing but vocals, and tailor my rentals to those particular bits that need doing.
Because in reality I know I cannot afford a Neve console, or an Avalon pre ever . But I can afford to rent them for a few days at a time.