jeremyandstuff
New member
One more newbie question from me...
For those who haven't seen my previous posts, I've been recording at home for quite a long time on really outdated gear and am now looking to step up to something more modern. I more or less have used the same equipment for the past 10 years and have never owned a mic preamp. Most of my stuff in the past was recorded with electric guitars, bass and keyboards connected straight into the interface. However, whenever I would attempt to use a mic for acoustic guitars and vocals, I would just suffer through extremely low volume levels and tons of background noise due to the lack of a preamp.
So I guess what I'm saying is any kind of preamp would be a major improvement from what I had before. I have a somewhat tight budget, so I'm looking for something that's $500 or less (preferably in the $200 or $300 range). I'm looking for a desktop preamp, if possible, and I don't need anything with more than two channels. I don't really have a preference of tube vs. solid state -- I just want something that will give me a nice clean signal boost, minimize the noise, and not color the mic'ed sound too much. Again, this is mainly to mic acoustic guitars and vocals.
Any recommendations would be much appreciated. Thanks.
For those who haven't seen my previous posts, I've been recording at home for quite a long time on really outdated gear and am now looking to step up to something more modern. I more or less have used the same equipment for the past 10 years and have never owned a mic preamp. Most of my stuff in the past was recorded with electric guitars, bass and keyboards connected straight into the interface. However, whenever I would attempt to use a mic for acoustic guitars and vocals, I would just suffer through extremely low volume levels and tons of background noise due to the lack of a preamp.
So I guess what I'm saying is any kind of preamp would be a major improvement from what I had before. I have a somewhat tight budget, so I'm looking for something that's $500 or less (preferably in the $200 or $300 range). I'm looking for a desktop preamp, if possible, and I don't need anything with more than two channels. I don't really have a preference of tube vs. solid state -- I just want something that will give me a nice clean signal boost, minimize the noise, and not color the mic'ed sound too much. Again, this is mainly to mic acoustic guitars and vocals.
Any recommendations would be much appreciated. Thanks.