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The should be at least a couple of capacitors in the signal path. Generally, these are ceramics (especially the one that usually couple the capsule to the FET) or electrolytics. Changing these to film caps typically works well. Just go to Mouser and search for polystyrene film capacitors and...

Which one did you plan on modifying? We'll have to know that to get you headed in the right direction. Craig

Maybe your friend wants a great EQ? A lot of people are using hardware compression and EQ and recording to computer. The way you wrote that you were crapping on the idea of having the EQ before you'd heard it. There isn't a plugin EQ out there that's going to impart the character of the...

Huh? Ever used a Pultec?

If you're willing to spend that kind of money, there are several choices out there. If you don't have a pro audio shop nearby, go to vintageking or mercenary audio and look at the high end eq's they offer. If you want a passive eq, many brands have options out there. BTW, I'm not implying the...

In the one I had, I pulled the tube and it still functioned. Put it back in, and it just seemed to make the signal louder like a fuzztone makes a signal hotter, not like a good tube pre functions at all. After that, I got disgusted, as I assumed the signal could be routed through as an effect...

Bought a Tube-MP to attempt to soften the blow of the VS-880 pres (paid $1000+ for it too!). Damn thing just got noisier and noisier until it died. Whish I had it to play with now.

Shoot Twinnesota, didn't want to make you give up. Changing the tube will change the tone of the distortion effect, if that's what you're going for. Just wanted to steer you toward some changes that some pretty smart folks did to make the simple solid state amplification circuit more hi-fi...

Well, I am a guitarist, and my tube amps use preamp tubes for amplification, so changing them can be very useful. I wasn't denying the changing the preamp tubes in a Groove Tubes Brick to Telefunkens wouldn't be a significant upgrade. But people who upgrade their hi-fi tube amps don't use the...

Maybe "turd polishing" would be a more appropriate phrase. I've never seen anyone swapping the tube in say a UA 610 use the phrase. Seriously twinnesota, you might try swapping the opamp and signal path caps for a bigger upgrade in sound. A few folks on the Prodigy Pro forum have done this...

The opamps (Burr Brown 2604-DigiKey) and tubes (any better 7025 tube) are socketed, so you just pull one out and put a new one in. The transformer (Cinemag CMMI-8B3, Lundahl LL1538, or Jensen JT-110K-HPC-order from their websites) switch is a bit more complicated, but no too much so. You'll...

I'll say it again, there is no one "tube" color. The ART Tube MP does not give you any idea whatsoever of what a Universal Audio 610 or Telefunken V72 sounds like. Those models actually use the tube for AMPLIFICATION. The ART doesn't. I've got some ribbon mics and an SCA N72 (Neve 1272...

Sort of emphasizing what pohaku said, there is no one "tube sound". Great tube gear often sound as hi-fi or more hi-fi than solid state. So running a tube mic into a tube pre or any combination will not give you a magic vintage warm sound or any such garbage. Especially with mic pres, cheap...

Although the source of the test would lead to questions of bias, there are converter tests on the Mytek site. Their 2 channel AD wouldn't break you bank, either.

The Bellari gets most of the tube pre equation right, transformer input, high voltage tube, but solid state output. I've got one, and performed mods to it to make it sound really hi-fi. I changed the transformers to Cinemags, replaced the tubes for something good (try GE's, but sometimes...

this is pretty cool. can't wait to hear the results.

The tube didn't necessarily cause the distortion, and it is most definitely not amplifying the signal. The signal goes through the tube to add noise. My Neve channels distort beatifully, and they're not tube.

You're right that people could do themselves a favor by getting off the $200 "tube" pre thing. For less you can get a the M-Audio DMP or the SMProAudio PR8E, which actually sound pretty good.

I have to disagree with that (although I agree when referring to the ART, Presonous transformerless things). The GT brick has all the real tube pre parts. You can get a UA Solo 610 for $500-$600 used. Also, for just over $1,000, you can get a TAB-Telefunken V78. The last two are as real as...

First, the convolution reverb in Sonar 6 should be fine. My second native favorite sofware reverb I've ever used is the ArtsAcoustic Reverb. No cheap artifacts on this thing at all. The UAD's are great but there are risks with compatibility. I'm installing a new motherboard right now to deal...