DMP3, Line 6 UX2, Digi 001

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I need 2 more mic pres. I have a DIGI 001. Will the DMP3 sound any better or worse than the pres on my DIGI 001? Also, I like the fact that the Line 6 UX2 has the guitar amp simulations, but can it act as an all purpose stereo mic preamp as well, say for recording acoustic guitar or drum overheads?
 
the answer to both of those questions is

'probably'.
Now whether or not it makes a big enough difference will probably depend on the rest of your signal chain.
 
The pres would go straight into the DIGI 001, then into my computer.
 
There's a guy here on the forums who raves about the UX2, but I think his basis for comparison is non-existant, so take it with a grain of salt. I asked him to post samples to go along with his gushing, but no response. Could be worth a listen if you can get to one.
The DMP3 is almost universally praised for what it is, an inexpensive no frills clean preamp. I have one and love it on acoustic instruments, which I think it does on par with preamps costing many times as much. For vocals, the mojo has to come from the mic with the DMP3, it's just going to provide plenty of clean gain, and very little else. For some, that's exactly what they want, others want "a sound" from their preamp.
I've never heard the Digi 001, so can't help with the comparison. I've used a few Neves, Focusrites, APIs, Tridents, etc., so I do know what a good preamp sounds like. I tend to think less in terms of them being better or worse than each other in the general sense, and more in terms of different and right for a particular application. I would hate to have just one set of all the same pres to record with.
Good luck.
 
tromostheory said:
I need 2 more mic pres. I have a DIGI 001. Will the DMP3 sound any better or worse than the pres on my DIGI 001? Also, I like the fact that the Line 6 UX2 has the guitar amp simulations, but can it act as an all purpose stereo mic preamp as well, say for recording acoustic guitar or drum overheads?
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If you're planning to run them at the same time, I think you might have either/both some latency problems depending on your computer specs (because the Line 6 amp simulations run as a plug in at the same time as the conversion, then your processor still has to run the a/d conversion on whatever channels you're using on the Digi 001 plus running your DAW recording software), and/or possibly clocking issues because you're running two different sets of A/D's at the same time.
Let me qualify this by saying I'm far from an expert with those issues so I may be talking out of my arse here.
That said, the UX2 is supposed to be a 2 channel preamp/interface and should work for drum overheads and acoustic guitar-- it supposedly has a few decent preamp simulations.
 
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