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Hey, Daniel. I like the Focusrite Saffire. I don't own one, but a friend of mine does. I don't know how it stacks up against the Presonus Firebox, though. Good luck, man.

Peavey...definitely Carvin ART

MOTU 8pre! It's great!

Oops! I was thinking of the wrong product (the 1953T Preamp). Sorry. ss and Weasel are right: a new tube in the Ultragain will do little to nothing. Get a noise gate for now and get a proper audio interface in the near future.

I would actually use a First Act guitar if I had to. They're sold at by all the big-box retailers. Seriously, they're not bad. They play much better than their less-than-$150 pricetag. My friend from work bought one for his kid and it's a great starter guitar. I, however, will stick to my...

Hey, secondskin. Good to hear you got some great results. The more people I talk to about the MPA Golds, I keep hearing that the tubes DO matter, which is the opposite of what we're hearing from the naysayers. I also keep hearing positive stuff reviews about this preamp. There are six types...

Uh, have you tried using it without the tubes? Let us know what you find.

First things first: replace the valves/tubes in your Behringer because the stock tubes are crap. I'd recommend a matched pair of Tung Sol 12AX7's (they may be Russian-made, but the pairs my friends have all work great and I will get a pair myself). If you're going to get some tubes with lower...

My friend did the same thing with the same results. He then replaced the 12AT7 with a Phillips 5751 and it improved...he got the sound he wanted.

I only have two Behringer products: an Autocom (Compressor/Limiter/Gate/Expander) and a keyboard amp. Both work great. I can get the Autocom to do whatever I want; it's a great tool but not superior. They keyboard amp...well, I only had $200 at the time and it was on sale, so I bought it...

Cool. Let me know how that sounds. Now, are you getting an old-school Telefunken tube? I posted this in another thread, but yesterday I got a recommendation for some NOS Mullard CV4024-ECC81-12AT7. My friend told me he was impressed with the ART MPA Gold with the 12AT7 upgrade, and this is...

Did you upgrade your tube? If so, what did you put in there?

Anyone used these? What did you use it for/with? Here's why I wanna know: my friend has an excellent, high-end project studio. This weekend, he recorded some guitar tracks with a band in their little project studio. He brought in a rough mix (pre-mastered) to work this morning. It all...

Great discussion here. Some of it is over my head, but I get the gist of it. I'm in the same boat as dickiefunk. But I'm wondering about Tung-Sols, in particular, the 12AX7 ECC803s pairs. Any opinions on those?

Thanks for that info. That would have sucked in a big way if I hadn't known that. Anyone out there reccomend any PC laptops in the under-$1,300 range?

I use both the MR8 and my PC (Soundblaster Platinum soundcard with Cakewalk Pro Studio 9.0). Since I don't have any sort of digital/audio interface I use the MR8 for drums, vocs, and anything else that requires miking. Everything else I do with a direct input into the PC. The MR8 is not the...

I'm using a Fostex MR-8 Digital Recorder. There are no EQ options with that thing. I'm recording my drums in stereo, with the overheads on one track and the overheads on another. I will then dump it all on to my PC, adjust the bass drum, and mix 'em all together. Can't find that PEQ-450...

Well, I guess my "problem" really isn't a problem. I am looking for a way to add some EQ to the overheads. I want that flexibility and all I have right now is a mixer with non-sweepable low, mid, & high. What do you guys think of the PreSonus EQ3B Parametrics? Any other suggestions? I'd...

First of all, thanks, Drummerbones. That's probably exactly what I need. I'll look into that. Second, I did exactly what I hate reading: I posted an ambiguous question. I was in a hurry 'cause me wife was bugging me to go out to eat.

I have a problem with EQ and my drum overheads. My mixer has only three EQ controls - low, mid, and high - and I want more equalization flexibility for my drums. I've been researching on the boards for about an hour and the only solution I could think of - adding a graphic EQ to the recording...