audiobuddy >>> dmp-3

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I'm thinking of sending the audiobuddy back and getting a dmp-3. will I notice a big difference? in clarity? detail? I also need a brighter mic for vocals. would I be better off getting the mic and skipping the dmp3 for now?
 
does anyone know what the sonic differences are between the two? where are all the elitists when you want one, lol.
 
Well, I am no elitist, and I don't own an Audio Buddy, but I'll try answer as much as I can. I own the DMP3 and love it for recording stereo acoustic guitar tracks. For such a low price, it provides plenty of relatively clean gain for this application.

Based on specs, the DMP3 has more gain (+66db versus +60db) and a more open top end of the frequency response. I also believe the Audio buddy does not provide a full +48v phantom power, where the DMP3 does. The DMP3 also has separate low-cut filters and high-gain pads on each channel.

Sorry I can't offer personal experience with the buddy. I have heard some good recordings made with both on this board. I definitely recommend the DMP3, though. I think to get a noticeably better 2-channel preamp, you'd have to move up to something like the RNP at $475. By contrast, I paid $90 for my DMP3 on e-bay. Not bad at all.
 
The DMP3 is about the best you can get for the money. I don't think you will be dissappointed if you spend a little extra money to get it. I've found with preamps, in general, you get what you pay for. The dmp3 is as good as it gets until you want to move up to say $500 or so for a couple of channels.
 
I've been lusting over gear all day and was gonna get a new mic and an dmp-3 but I decided to spend some cash on some decent monitors and sound card........I'm thinking what good is the other stuff if I can't hear how it really sounds anyway. I just ordered the wharfedale 8.2a's, a 1010LT soundcard, and a hosa snake. I will make due with the audiobuddy and MXL990 for a couple weeks until I have some more cash for a dmp-3 and sp c1 mic......this overtime is killin me though.
 
if the audiobuddy does'nt provide 48 v power, could this be hurting my mic? I am getting a sharp clipping sound when I try to mic my guitar amp with distortion. I was wondering if the phantom power could be causing it......I can't find anything that says 48 v for the audiobuddy in the manual or on m-audio's site.
 
TravisinFlorida said:
if the audiobuddy does'nt provide 48 v power, could this be hurting my mic? I am getting a sharp clipping sound when I try to mic my guitar amp with distortion. I was wondering if the phantom power could be causing it......I can't find anything that says 48 v for the audiobuddy in the manual or on m-audio's site.
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I could be wrong about that, but I believe I read somewhere that it is less than +48v (probably around +32v). It won't hurt your mic, but some mics don't operate very well with less than 48. Others, such as electret condensers, can often function with +18v without any problem. The clipping is probably just too much gain for the audiobuddy circuitry to handle.
 
Lower phantom voltages won't hurt the mic, it may make it sound a little different. It depends on the mic you have, some regulate the voltage down anyway before they use a multiplier circuit to put the desired voltage on the capsule. If you have one of these mics, 32V versus 48V won't make a darn bit of difference.
 
scrubs said:
I could be wrong about that, but I believe I read somewhere that it is less than +48v (probably around +32v). It won't hurt your mic, but some mics don't operate very well with less than 48. Others, such as electret condensers, can often function with +18v without any problem. The clipping is probably just too much gain for the audiobuddy circuitry to handle.
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too much gain? I don't know anything about pre's but I can record distorted guitar directly into my sound card and I get no clipping......why would the audiobuddy clip? it does it even with the pre gain set pretty low, peaking at -9 db in cool edit.
 
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