BeniRose
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I'm currently running an ART Digital MPA into a Focusrite Saffire Pro 26 i/o (the old ones that were actually sapphire) and am fairly happy with how these guys sound, but am wanting to upgrade to some slightly cleaner pre-amps (as you might know if you saw my other thread). I realized that maybe it's not my pre-amps but possibly the way I'm using them that could be having an effect on the sound I'm hoping for. My current process is to typically use the MPA on kick/snare when recording drums and do the rest through my Saffire. I'll usually simultaneously record scratch tracks through the focusrite for guitar/bass, but then go back and re-record everything the the MPA. A few quick questions:
a) Is this a good idea. Are there some items that I should stick to my Focusrite pre's for?
b) Should I be running my kick and snare through the MPA or would overheads be a better idea?
c) If this is all true, what are some good $40 or less tubes to put in my MPA to help make it all sound better given what I said I'm using it for.
I do realize the correct answer to all these questions (maybe not c) is "try yourself and find out", and I plan on doing that, but I'm curious what one might say and I don't always have time or a friend around to try all this stuff out. In case anyone was wondering, I'm using mostly Rode mics (Nt2a, Nt1a, Nt5) for my condensors.
a) Is this a good idea. Are there some items that I should stick to my Focusrite pre's for?
b) Should I be running my kick and snare through the MPA or would overheads be a better idea?
c) If this is all true, what are some good $40 or less tubes to put in my MPA to help make it all sound better given what I said I'm using it for.
I do realize the correct answer to all these questions (maybe not c) is "try yourself and find out", and I plan on doing that, but I'm curious what one might say and I don't always have time or a friend around to try all this stuff out. In case anyone was wondering, I'm using mostly Rode mics (Nt2a, Nt1a, Nt5) for my condensors.