robertmetal
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hi there im thinking of getting a little external tube mic pre to "warm and fattern" up my mics sound which is used only to record vocals. the equiptment i have is a rode nt1000 and a zoom mrs1004 digital workstation. the rode nt1000 is quite a nice sounding mic but a little too bright so im looking for something to warm it up. the digital workstation has a built in mic pre of course but i guess its not going too be the greatest. you can also edit tone and EQ of the mics sound through the workstation but im not sure if this would acchieve the same effect as a tube pre.
i asked a sound tech friend and he said it would not be worth while unless i got a very good external mic pre. he said that the models i was looking at such as Samson c-valve, presonus single tube pre, Art tube mp studio 3 etc would not be much of a step up from the zooms inbuilt one thus i would be adding another "budget" piece of equiptment in the chain (ultimately degrading the sound) is this true?
if not what make/models could be recommended?
many thanks
i asked a sound tech friend and he said it would not be worth while unless i got a very good external mic pre. he said that the models i was looking at such as Samson c-valve, presonus single tube pre, Art tube mp studio 3 etc would not be much of a step up from the zooms inbuilt one thus i would be adding another "budget" piece of equiptment in the chain (ultimately degrading the sound) is this true?
if not what make/models could be recommended?
many thanks