Anybody who feels like reading through my shit setup and giving me some advice, I'd appreciate it. I'm looking at upgrading, mostly to better my vocal situation. I record rock, folk, pop... etc, and i've worked with male and female vocals. Here's my pres:
$600 M-Audio octane, 8 channels. The pres are the same as the DMP3.
$125 DMP3 - selling it
$200 Electro Harmonix tube pre. Recently bought it, and it's nice, but I could return it and use the money for something better.
With mics I'm setup well for drums and other instruments. It's the vocals that I'm lacking in. Seriously lacking. I have
$100 Studio Projects B1
$200 CAD M179
$100 piece o' shit Apex LDC - selling it
The B1 is a great mic for the money, as is the CAD, but both are touch and go when it comes to vocals, sometimes they can work, but I know I could do better. I don't have a great workhorse vocal mic. Or vocal mic pre. I have cheap but transparent pres, so I bought the tube pre hoping to give myself some warming options. It's occurred to me now that maybe I should instead put that money towards a great mic, maybe a great tube mic, and upgrade pres later, maybe to a RNP. That would still leave me without a colored pre.
For a budget at the moment I could probably scrounge up $350 by selling my disposable gear, plus throw in around $300. So... $600-$700 total, keeping in mind that involves returning the tube pre. I await your wise advise. Especially you, ez willis.
$600 M-Audio octane, 8 channels. The pres are the same as the DMP3.
$125 DMP3 - selling it
$200 Electro Harmonix tube pre. Recently bought it, and it's nice, but I could return it and use the money for something better.
With mics I'm setup well for drums and other instruments. It's the vocals that I'm lacking in. Seriously lacking. I have
$100 Studio Projects B1
$200 CAD M179
$100 piece o' shit Apex LDC - selling it
The B1 is a great mic for the money, as is the CAD, but both are touch and go when it comes to vocals, sometimes they can work, but I know I could do better. I don't have a great workhorse vocal mic. Or vocal mic pre. I have cheap but transparent pres, so I bought the tube pre hoping to give myself some warming options. It's occurred to me now that maybe I should instead put that money towards a great mic, maybe a great tube mic, and upgrade pres later, maybe to a RNP. That would still leave me without a colored pre.
For a budget at the moment I could probably scrounge up $350 by selling my disposable gear, plus throw in around $300. So... $600-$700 total, keeping in mind that involves returning the tube pre. I await your wise advise. Especially you, ez willis.