Preamp for digital recording

[WEBCYAN]

Heres the rundown.
Im using the J-Station to DI guitar and bass, recording drums in a pro studio, and doing vox with the Rode NT1.

so...

whats a good preamp for me?
I'll ONLY be using it on vocals, so I dont need anything that works for guitar or bass or anything else.
Also...Im recording everything into CEP, so I need somthing that works well with that. I dont like distortion and hiss and I want to keep the warm tubish sound of the NT1. I dont want airy metallic vocals.

any ideas?

I was looking at some vocal preamp by behringer but it got reallly bad reviews around the internet...so.
I also looked at theUSBPre 1.5. The problem with that is that its for vocals and everything else, and i simply need it for vocals. That and its $700! and I am willing to spend about $200 at most....

 

[Slackmaster2K]

After getting some pretty clean preamps, which I thought I really wanted, I realized that the gritty sound of my ART Tube MP was really quite desirable for vocals. I'd definately recommend the ART Tube MP in your case, since you only need a single channel and will be using it only for vocals. It runs at about $90.

If you do get the ART, and it sounds really "metallic", try replacing the tube. I replaced the stock 12AX7 tube with a GT 12AX7 and it improved the sound greatly. BTW, all of these cheap tube preamps are not actual "tube preamps", they simply use a single starved tube to add a tube effect to the signal. Don't let that get your nuts in a knot though, how it sounds is what's important.

The ART Tube MP is also cool for Bass DI and various other things.

Slackmaster 2000

 

[darrin_h2000]

Funny How the Behringer is gettin bad reviews before it hits the streets. I wouldnt beleive those reviews. Its not a bad deal if you are looking for a pre with a digital out. for 150.00 Its really more of a channel strip. Im curiousof how it performs myself.

 

[The Green Hornet]

Yo WebCyan or Naycbew:

I think it is a BUYERS market for mic pre amps. I get the free Tape magazine and it is loaded with mic pres.

I have the ART dual channel in my studio and it works fine; however, I'm sure many mic pres work fine too.

I'd kind of shop around if I were you and try to get some "ears" evaluation before plunking down the $$$ dinero.

If you want to check out a pretty cool and expensive mic pre, dial up www.martinsound.com and preview their goodies.

Looking doesn't cost you can money but gives you comparisons for specs on mic pres.

Green Hornet