Synkrotron
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I need to consider buying a pre-amp to go with my new Rode NT1.
I could go through my mixer but it has a rather noisy fan... well, not that loud but it is still audible during the silent portions of my acoustic recordings.
I'm now thinking that if I go through a pre-amp and then into my soundcard directly I can cut out my mixer altogether.
While I am recording acoustic instruments/vocals I don't intend to multi-track so a simple singal I/O type will be just fine.
I've found one such a device that appears to fit the bill exactly.
The Samson C-Valve. This device comes complete with S/PDIF output which suits me just fine because the sound card I am using will only (without expansion boards) accept either ADAT or S/PDIF connections.
One thing I am worried about is that the Samson is switchable between sample rates of either 48000Hz or 96000Hz. I only ever record at 44100Hz (24bit) and I'm wondering if there will be issues with sample rate conversion within my recording software (Sonar 5).
And on top of that, I'd be interested to hear any opinions on this device in terms of sound and build quality.
Thanks
andy
I could go through my mixer but it has a rather noisy fan... well, not that loud but it is still audible during the silent portions of my acoustic recordings.
I'm now thinking that if I go through a pre-amp and then into my soundcard directly I can cut out my mixer altogether.
While I am recording acoustic instruments/vocals I don't intend to multi-track so a simple singal I/O type will be just fine.
I've found one such a device that appears to fit the bill exactly.
The Samson C-Valve. This device comes complete with S/PDIF output which suits me just fine because the sound card I am using will only (without expansion boards) accept either ADAT or S/PDIF connections.
One thing I am worried about is that the Samson is switchable between sample rates of either 48000Hz or 96000Hz. I only ever record at 44100Hz (24bit) and I'm wondering if there will be issues with sample rate conversion within my recording software (Sonar 5).
And on top of that, I'd be interested to hear any opinions on this device in terms of sound and build quality.
Thanks
andy