Got my "micromix" today, and have spent a half hour playing around with it - I've gotta say, it's better than I expected. Plenty of gain, and a REALLY low noise floor, it's really quiet.
At the moment, I've only just had it plugged in to my mobile rig, a Fostex Vf160 - so the only thing I've...
Matter of fact, I had a need for an extra channel of phantom powered preamp, and ordered a MicroMix last week. It'll be here Tuesday, and I'll let you know what I think!
Hey, sweet! I gave up on mine after five minutes and replaced them with generic mic clips (the rubber kind' they're actually able to grib the B1 base pretty well).
I'll go get the originals back out and try this, though! Cool!
Fine, Stefan, thank you, I'll never offer an opinion again.
I'll just go back to making great sounding records for a living, with my poor little levelar.
Yes, the levelar has a fixed .6 ms attack time, which technically doesn't make it a peakstop limiter, exactly - however, I use the thing on overheads and room mics all the time, with great results. You need to leave yourself some overhead, to begin with - it's definitely not the box to use for...
I have the Dual Levelar, the baby brother of the VLA - same circuit, I believe, just fewer options.
I've really grown to love it, and use it more and more! Definitely not the compressor for EVERY job, but does wonderful things for drums, vocals, guitars - man, I record every guitar track...
Just last week I decided to add a few more channels of peak limiting to my mobile rig, just for drums - ended up grabbing the 4-channel Behringer multicom mdx4400 for $70 used.
I'm no big fan of behringer gear, and in fact I was groaning when I bought the thing - but, actually, it does a good...
I do happen to have both the V76G and the B1 - I prefer the V67 for vocals, no question. the V67 seems to be more geared towards vocals, there's a nice airy high end... I really like it.
On the other hand, the B1's - since they sound so "neutral," I don't really think they're quite as pretty...
Just wanted to chime in that I'm also extremely pleased with my recent purchase of a pair of B1's. I echo everything that has been said: natural sounding, not "hyped," rich, full, very even and "balanced" sounding. I'm also impressed with the build quality; in real life they look and feel FAR...
You know what else is nearly as cool as a 635A for guitar cabs? Shure SM59 - big ol' clunky looking thing, but it has a flatter curve and sounds very similar to the 635A. Well, sorta close, anyway. NOT an omni like the 635, but, still a great alternative to the SM57.
The 635A overhead samples...
Yeah, I had a Meek, and kinda liked it. Shoulda kept it. Pretty quiet, had some nice thick sounds.
The new presonus is this thing: http://www.presonus.com/html/products/tubepre.html - but, again, I have no idea what it sounds like. It LOOKS like an MP20, but, that means nothing.
Really...
Are you talking about the original presonus blue tube, or the newer single channel that just came out?
I've gotta say, I'm a big fan of Presonus gear - I've had the mp20, currently have a Digimax LT and a bluemax compressor - but man, that Blue Tube thing is a woeful piece of crud. Really. WAY...
Yeah, the 635A IS a fantastic guitar cab mic. I first read about it in this interview with Mitch Easter (REM, among many others) - http://www.discmakers.com/music/pse/mic3.html -
He also talks a lot about the Beyer M201, which I've heard fantastic things about for snare use.
The 635A is...
I've gotta vote B.L.U.E., as well - I think I ended up getting interested in the baby bottle just by looks alone.
Which, of course, is a LOUSY reason to buy a microphone, but...
I'm not saying it's my favorite, but if you want your first octave pedal and don't want to spend a bunch of cash, check out the little plastic Danelectro "chili dog" octave pedal. Thirty lousy bucks, and sounds entirely worthy - I think it sounds and tracks better than the (costs three times as...
Just so you know, when I had trouble with my MP20 and had to send it back to Presonus for repair, they were GREAT. Really good customer service. So, I assume you're covered under the warranty, and if you have to send it back they should be able to fix you up pretty quickly.
PODs are pretty great, in general. IF I had my choice of a nice miked amp in a nice room, I'd pick that over the pod. Most people DON'T have that, ergo, the POD is a no-brainer.
Although, I've gotta say that the Behringer V-Amp sounds every bit as good as the pod, for roughly a third of the...