Focusrite VcoiceMasterPro

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jslator said:
Do you find yours fairly noisy?
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Not at all. They're the quietest pre I've ever worked with (see my last post for pres I've worked with).

Maybe you used a defective unit?

(BTW, if you want to talk about noise, look into the lower end Joe Meek units.)
 
cominginsecond said:
Maybe you used a defective unit?
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I don't think so. I tried a couple of different ones, and have heard similar comments from others. What kind of mic are you using with it? The noise was most apparant with lower-output dynamics than with higher-output condensors. Ribbons were out of the question (just not enough clean gain).
 
well, the one I just got I not noisy at all. This is the first thing I treid to detect when I plugged it.
 
jslator,
I don't know if the pre is of a different design, but there have been changes to make the unit more quiet (and they succeeded with this, it is very quiet). The voisemaster pro is the first focusrite product I have had a listen to, and the pre is very good. When I got it, I wasn't buying it solely for the pre, I figured I could just use my grace 101 and bypass the FR pree if I had to for voice stuff. I have been very pleasently suprised with just how good the pre really is. For the last number of vocal recordings I've done most have prefered the Focusrite pre over the grace 101 (the FR is a little darker and a little more forgiving)and is a great match for my nt1000 . I have heard negitive stuff about the platnum range, but not about the voicemaster pro from people that have tried them. I would be interested to know if the pre is the same, because I would buy a used penta or trackmaster just for the pre.
 
jslator said:
As for "lots of people" liking them, I honestly don't think I had ever run across a person who liked them until I came here. Obviously, a lot of people here seem to like them.

But, I'm still trying to figure out if we're talking about 2 different things. The ones I've tried are brutal. You may have tried a different (newer) design. I can't find anything on Focusrite's website about it. Does anyone know the official Focusrite stance on the differences between the old line and the newer "pro" line? Do you find yours fairly noisy?
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Very Quiet. A great Preamp.
 
jslator said:
As for "lots of people" liking them, I honestly don't think I had ever run across a person who liked them until I came here. Obviously, a lot of people here seem to like them.

But, I'm still trying to figure out if we're talking about 2 different things. The ones I've tried are brutal. You may have tried a different (newer) design. I can't find anything on Focusrite's website about it. Does anyone know the official Focusrite stance on the differences between the old line and the newer "pro" line? Do you find yours fairly noisy?
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You know, I am a design engineer. I attend meetings every day of every week with sales teams. They think of every bullshit line that you can feed to a customer. If you rely on websites for information, then there is no debate. Every product is perfect. You might as well buy a Blue Tube Pre. It is as good as a Neve.
This is a fact. According to their website. This BBS is dedicated to people who have experience with certain products. This is invaluable info. Salespeople are liers. Plain and simple. They are paid to say what they say. If you listen to them. shame on you. Live with it.
 
acorec said:
You know, I am a design engineer. I attend meetings every day of every week with sales teams. They think of every bullshit line that you can feed to a customer. If you rely on websites for information, then there is no debate. Every product is perfect. You might as well buy a Blue Tube Pre. It is as good as a Neve.
This is a fact. According to their website. This BBS is dedicated to people who have experience with certain products. This is invaluable info. Salespeople are liers. Plain and simple. They are paid to say what they say. If you listen to them. shame on you. Live with it.
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OK. I'm not sure what any of that has to do with what I said though. I tried a couple of older platinum series units. I forget which ones, but I know that one was the original voicemaster. They all sounded like ass and were noisy. I know several other people who had the same experiences. None of this information was learned form websites or salesmen. It was learned from direct experience. From what people are saying, it now seems that Focusrite may have improved them. Capice?
 
Jslator, actually I am in your camp on the older stuff. I tried the Voicemaster prior to buying the Pro version. I was not impressed and it was slightly fuzzy sounding to my ears. I did not hear any noise though. The opto compressor was junk on that unit.

Several magazines were raving about the Pro so I bought one and tested it. It was quite a step up sound quality wise over the older unit. The compressor is much better and overall it just sounds very good on vocals.
 
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