Yes I know, must of you guys must hate it by know, but yet another mic pre thread. I'm looking after a Behringer DDX316 digital board. I think this board offers to much flexibility that it will complement my setup well, as well as act as a digital patchbay, FX processor, control surface for my daw, and I dig the fact it has motorized faders and built in internal automation.
This board has 12 mic pre's wich I've heard are not bad, just clean, perhaps sterile.
Since its a 16 bus board, I'd like to use it as a front end to track to my motu 2408. It already has 12 pre's, and there's 4 more line level inputs. I was thinking of using these with some outboard pre's, something different than the onboard pre's, maybe more warmmy maybe clean, but more detailed. I dunno.
I have a joe meek MQ3 that is going to fill one of these inputs already. the pre will probably be a lil bit better than that of the berry, but I like the warmmy compressor on the unit.
I was thinking of getting a RNP and 2 RNC's, that way I could have 3 strips with full analog compression.
Then, trough some reading here and there I also found Art's DPS and TPS units. I think the converters on the berry or moreover on the motu would be of better quality than those of the DPS, so the TPS would be a more viable choice for me. I've never used units with presets tough.
What do you guys think?, I can spend some bucks, but still can't afford expensive high end stuff.. I'm looking for quality but value at the same time..or should I just save for something better?
thanks in advance
This board has 12 mic pre's wich I've heard are not bad, just clean, perhaps sterile.
Since its a 16 bus board, I'd like to use it as a front end to track to my motu 2408. It already has 12 pre's, and there's 4 more line level inputs. I was thinking of using these with some outboard pre's, something different than the onboard pre's, maybe more warmmy maybe clean, but more detailed. I dunno.
I have a joe meek MQ3 that is going to fill one of these inputs already. the pre will probably be a lil bit better than that of the berry, but I like the warmmy compressor on the unit.
I was thinking of getting a RNP and 2 RNC's, that way I could have 3 strips with full analog compression.
Then, trough some reading here and there I also found Art's DPS and TPS units. I think the converters on the berry or moreover on the motu would be of better quality than those of the DPS, so the TPS would be a more viable choice for me. I've never used units with presets tough.
What do you guys think?, I can spend some bucks, but still can't afford expensive high end stuff.. I'm looking for quality but value at the same time..or should I just save for something better?
thanks in advance
