Korg mic pres vs separate mic pre amp

[Randjons]

Been reading all the threads on mic pre amps.Not sure if my Korg d12 has phantom power.From what I've read about mic modeling,this unit has mic simulators,dynamic in condensor out type of stuff.Many of mic sims are sm57 in.I have a sennheiser 835 which I like,I used to be in construction for 6 years and I could pound nails or bodyguard with it.It doesn't list phantom power,but the d1200 does have phantom so I guess the next model got phantom.Got a baritone voice,not a lot of volume in my voice.Studio projects VtB-1 on sale and a C1 all for about 345 with tax no shipping looked good.I do only studio,budget in a friggin trailer,but I have worked up from 5 ratings to 7's and 8 across the board Taxi and national contests, in doing my own songs,lyrics,music(I am a keyboaord player,use studio logic 880 controller with a Roland Xv 3080 and a Yamaha rx-1 sequencer drum and synth machine).Crawling out of friggin poverty.I could buy a better dynamic and run it through the Korg,like an Audix om7 or maybe some AKG 880 or Beyer,i don't know.Or go phantom and get a condensor.The outs from the Mic pre would go into my Mic in's on my Korg,they take balanced or unbalanced,so is that how to hook up the condensor to my Korg?Heard phantom will fry a ribbon mic so I am learning.Thanks

 

[Wide Awake]

The D12 does not have phantom power. Bummer.

A large diaphram condenser is going to be more sensitive than a dynamic mic, give you a wide frequency response. You might be shocked how good your vocals can sound with a good condenser mic.

The C1 and VTB-1 are good choices. Check www.macmidimusic.com or www.bpmmusic.com They usually have good prices on gear. I thought i saw the VTB-1 for $119 on one of the online sites.

When using an outboard mic preamp, you would go out of the output of the preamp and into the XLR/1/4" input on your Korg D12. I would use a 1/4" unbalanced cable. You would keep the mic gain on the Korg all the way down (no gain) and use the gain control on your outboard preamp.

 

[Randjons]

mono preamps vs dual preamps

Thanks for the help on hooking up a preamp through the Korg.I See the Studio Project Vtb-1 is a mono preamp.The Korg will split a signal into stereo,but what is the dual.Do you have to connect 2 Xlr in the input 1 and input 2 of the Korg to get stereo on a dual or does it mean something else.

 

[darrin_h2000]

Unballanced out is better when you use the conversion only once.

 

[Randjons]

Dual channel mic pre amp or mono?

Is a dual channel just two inputs on the preamp so you can do 2 parts like lead and background at once and then send it to one track on the digital recorder.The Vtb-1 studio project is listed as a mono channel,so is that only one input per channel then out to a digital input on the recorder?Each track going in to my Korg is a mono XLR,then you can take that mono signal and send it stereo to your monitors internally by the Korg D12.I guess my question is if it is a mono mic pre is it mono on each channel of a 2 channel?Just wondered what a 2 channel like the M-audio Dmp3 is compared to one channel on the Studio project Vtb-1. Saw a review on Mo Joe pie and it seemed to get the sweet sound you needed a Grace 101 or a RNp in the 500 dollar range.Basically looking at a C1,but I reading up on it.

 

[Wide Awake]

A two-channel preamp is just two mono preamps in the same box. Each preamp has it's own separate output. So if you are using both preamps of an RNP at the same time, you would send channel 1 to one of the D12's inputs and send channel 2 to another input on the D12.

I hope that makes sense.