looking for a good mic pre amp for the first time HELP

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im looking to buy a nice mic preamp but on a budget of 400 bucks are there any of them out there that are for me ?

my specs i have a blue bird mic running protools mp9 with a m audio mbox

also do any of you have ART Voice Channel Tube Microphone Preamp and can tell me if thats a good one ?
 
All Good said:
im looking to buy a nice mic preamp but on a budget of 400 bucks are there any of them out there that are for me ?

my specs i have a blue bird mic running protools mp9 with a m audio mbox

also do any of you have ART Voice Channel Tube Microphone Preamp and can tell me if thats a good one ?
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I'd stay away from ART personally. I hear good things about the DMP-3. Personally I'm running a Sound Devices USBPre 2 which is superb but out of your budget.
 
Three questions:

1. What are you using now? The Mbox built-in pre?
2. Are you looking for more gain and/or cleaner gain, or are you looking for coloration?
3. How many channels?
 
because theres is nothing but dead air in my back ground my gain is turned all the way up if i have my gain at 12 oclock you hear nothing and im no expert but shouldnt my gain be balanced so theres something wrong
 
it has two channels and im using the mp9 with the m audio m box im looking for a cleaner gain because the sound that im getting is hollow and distorted mp9.webp
 
I am surprised myself, as I have not heard much other than good things (at least decent) about the Preamps of the Fast Track Pro. I would look into other reasons for the poor sound quality, starting at the room you are recording in, the sound of the source you are recording, the mic, then the cable. Next, non updated drivers for the interface for your computer, or maybe a setting in your DAW. Worst case scenario, there could be a problem with your interface. :(

Before throwing $400 bucks at something, I would make sure you are not just missing something. I am not even sure your interface actually has true 'Line' input. The line in's may actually use the preamp stage, thus not giving you any benefit of an external preamp. And not to mention that it usually costs much more than $400 to achieve really useable results from another preamp (IMO). I have 3 ART preamps. TPS2, DPS2, and Dual MP. None of them are any better than my Tascam preamps. Just a bit different. I use them for scratch tracks, and enabling use of my 6 alternate inputs of my interface. I hardly ever use them because they add something. I have not however used the Voice Channel, though I don't think it is going to give you what you expect. Check the things above, then maybe you can rent, borrow, buy-return a preamp, and see if it gets you what you wish. I will bet $20 that it doesn't. Just sayin...

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jimmys69 said:
I would look into other reasons for the poor sound quality, starting at the room you are recording in, the sound of the source you are recording, the mic, then the cable.
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That's what I was thinking too.

--Ethan
 
Hi! (this is my first post on this forum....or, practically, any forum)

for less than $400, you can find a Focusrite Voicemaster Pro....it's TOTALLY worth it. It has extensive features, it sounds great, and has an amazing zero-latency monitoring section that really helps any vocalist get a good sound in his headphones without any latency.
 
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