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Bodhisan
Hillbilly
Just got one today. Initially using the settings suggested, I couldn't be happier. I've done a search on this preamp and see lots of threads, but know that "surveys" are appreciated, and this is mine.
I've used compressors, and although I'm not the biggest fan of artificially altering anything "natural" -- my recordings are pretty pure and without effects, i.e. even without reverb -- after brief testing, I'm pretty excited about being able to sing into a microphone and give it my full attention instead of keeping one eye on the level. This is to say I feel like my vocal remains reasonably true enough compared to precompression to take advantage of a great invention.
Not to mention the low-to-nonexistent hiss from using a complicated box full of who-the-hell-knows-what's-in-there between my mike and Deeps. The gain is very impressive; I saw Alan's posting about burrying (well, maybe not "burrying") the led into the red -- and found that my unit is pretty true to not wanting to get much past the second yellow led, as it does distort when it hits the red more than briefly...which I like, because that makes the led work, in my opinion. If you get enough input gain, the eq section is really touchy, which, again, is great. Too much eq'ing is too much, and adding a little here and deducting a little there is quite noticable. In other words, the eq has a lot of room. Excellent.
I guess I should wait until I record some acoustics with this thingie before I post, but my experience (in home recording) tells me I know it's going to be at least satisfactory -- and that's a tough stage to reach with me. I hate, truly hate, spending $200 on anything that's not an instrument or a recorder itself, but I can't express how I think this could be the best $200 (well, after tax, $218) I've spent when it comes to home recording.
Now, let's see how the $200 C1 sounds when it arrives from my brother for Christmas....I know...what a brother. And, I know...what nerve from me to ask that of him. Hey, he's got a good job!
Al
I've used compressors, and although I'm not the biggest fan of artificially altering anything "natural" -- my recordings are pretty pure and without effects, i.e. even without reverb -- after brief testing, I'm pretty excited about being able to sing into a microphone and give it my full attention instead of keeping one eye on the level. This is to say I feel like my vocal remains reasonably true enough compared to precompression to take advantage of a great invention.
Not to mention the low-to-nonexistent hiss from using a complicated box full of who-the-hell-knows-what's-in-there between my mike and Deeps. The gain is very impressive; I saw Alan's posting about burrying (well, maybe not "burrying") the led into the red -- and found that my unit is pretty true to not wanting to get much past the second yellow led, as it does distort when it hits the red more than briefly...which I like, because that makes the led work, in my opinion. If you get enough input gain, the eq section is really touchy, which, again, is great. Too much eq'ing is too much, and adding a little here and deducting a little there is quite noticable. In other words, the eq has a lot of room. Excellent.
I guess I should wait until I record some acoustics with this thingie before I post, but my experience (in home recording) tells me I know it's going to be at least satisfactory -- and that's a tough stage to reach with me. I hate, truly hate, spending $200 on anything that's not an instrument or a recorder itself, but I can't express how I think this could be the best $200 (well, after tax, $218) I've spent when it comes to home recording.
Now, let's see how the $200 C1 sounds when it arrives from my brother for Christmas....I know...what a brother. And, I know...what nerve from me to ask that of him. Hey, he's got a good job!
Al
