how many of you have money invested in quality outboard mic preamps for your studio and how many outbaord preamps do you own?
I have 29 mic preamps
16 in my tascam dm24
8 in my sm pr8 $99 dollar
2 in my 001
2 in my 168rc digital mixer
1 art toob mp
and they are all just blah
I have 64 preamps here.
32 Trident 80 Series
8 API
2 Great River
2 DW Fearn
2 P/AMR
and if needed I can use -
8 Lexicon
8 Kurzweil
2 Eventide
They all kick ass.
What else should we discuss about preamps? I'm always up for a good discussion.
your apis is that a lunch box or the all in one by api?
Now put them in order from clean to colored.
Now put them in order from clean to colored.
I learned the hard way spend your money on mic preamps and good mics people thats the best investment in your studio
Your room(s) and monitors are equally if not more important than mics or pre's. Training your ears is also probably more important than anything.
Training your ears is also probably more important than anything
every studio I'm in I can proably find an avalon 737 or grace, but how many will have api 312, neve 1272's quad eight spectra sonics 110 or ssl 9000 preamps?