looking at the DMP3 or prenous bluetube DP stereo pre

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i have the presonus tubepre single channel, glows a really nice red on top, works ok on 1/2, anything over, is a really nice soft woosh, or noise if you like it, the dmp3 has so much clean clean crystal clear gain it is amazing to me, the best pre i have so far, good metering where when it goes to the red area and red clip led goes on, you are actually clipping and when you hear it later, you hear the distortion, but that's with sickloads of gain, which is rarely ever needed. not sure what presonus model tou meant, there may be a better one....not sure why i still have mine, i might let it go, but i'm thinking may i can duck tape it to a mic stand one day if i want a condensor out somewhere dirty.
 
Kewl! I wanted one of those but life surely does have a habit of intervening just as I'm about to order something. Let us know how it works out!
 
TravisinFlorida said:
i completely agree with chessrock about this shit. there's way too much stressin and bullshitin over gear around here. especially over things like mic pre's. i don't blame the people that are trying to get the most for their money. i blame the people that spout off bullshit that feeds the machine.

i'm still waiting on a comparision (in another thread) between a behringer pre and a dmp3. i asked if someone would do a comparison because i'm seriously doubtful that there's much of a difference. any miniscule difference could probably be offset by any number of things like mic placement, eq, etc. hopefully it will be up soon? https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=190886

this reminds me of a thread in the mp3 mix clinic where a guy posted clips of two different snare drums, one cheap and one expensive. a couple of people spouted off about how much better the expensive one sounded. then he dropped the bomb and revealed that he had lied about which clip was the cheap snare and which was the expensive one. just goes to show ya.......
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Alright buddy settle down my little bro is coming over right now to post the mp3's for me. I'll post them here and there. Now, I just want to say that it did take me a good 5 minutes of a/bing to start hearing a difference but I did. I also feel that the more the ada8000 gets stacked up in a mix the muddier and muddier it'll sound. The only real why to tell which is better would to probably use both on the same song in an entire mix.
 
chessrock said:
Because you guys ask for it, sometimes. :D

I'm sorry, but saying something like the dmp3 "isn't good for vocals" ... just doesn't make any sense.

What does that even mean? Jesus, guys. Yea, this mic supplies plenty of good, clean gain for a microphone. But only if that mic is pointed at a guitar or something ? ? I mean what are the chances someone is going to plug a mic in to a DMP-3, sing in to it, listen, and say ... "Na. Not quite there ..." and then switch it out in to a VTB1 and say "Oh yea ... that's it" ? ? It's just a bunch of mental masturbation passed around on message boards, because if anyone ever were to even bother, they are SO NOT going to be able to hear any meaningful difference other than maybe placebo effect caused by expectations. I'm sorry, but your monitors probably aren't there ... your ears probably aren't there ... and your testing methodology certainly the hell ain't there.

Someone even mentioned something along the lines of "don't get it if it's for rap vocals." :D Come on, guys. Knock it off. I'm sure you went and tested the dmp3 in a head-to-head shootout ... pitting rap against polka ... jazz against pop. And to the conclusion of the educated masses, it was indeed determined that the DMP3 was lacking in the rap department, but was simply the balls on New Age.

I'm not bashing anyone's gear. There's just no real substance behind half of generalized statements that you guys throw around. It's like you're just throwing words out there because they sound good

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you know you should have just said all that in the first place. because that was very helpful, insightful, and informative. your previous statement however was elitest, condescending, and just plain immature.
 
chessrock said:
The orange cables are definitely better for rap.

The green ones I pull out only in those special "deathmetal polka" sessions.

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I spray painted my cables orange and my ability to ryhme on the fly increased dramatically. Highly recommended.

As for the green I cannot say. Sorry, I only do classical polka.
 
TravisinFlorida said:
come on man. two weeks waiting and this is it? one noisy guitar that sounds like you're picking the guitar right in front of the mic?

https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=190886&page=2

btw, they all sound bad to me. i think it has more to do with the guitar amp and buzzing though.
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Man I told you it wasn't going to be good. Its not the source I wanted its the one thats most convienient. Guess I shouldn't have pulled out the POS squire for this one should I? LOL. How about acoustic guitar, best I got is a Guild. You think that would be more apporpriate? I'll also stick to just the dmp3 and ada8000 to try to get a more accurate play. I could probably also get a buddy to do some vox if you want to hear that. Also the guitar was about 2 feet from the amp when it was recorded, not to mention it was all thru a 990. Damn what the fuck was I thinking. My apologies. I'll get some more accurate samples up middle of the week, promise. However I can't promise both pre's won't still suck.
 
thexflamesxburn said:
you know you should have just said all that in the first place. because that was very helpful, insightful, and informative. your previous statement however was elitest, condescending, and just plain immature.
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Oh no. I totally disagree.

Although my second post was, indeed, much more helpful ... it was still filled with every bit as much contempt for the general stupidity of a lot people on this board -- and the utterly assinine things they say and argue about -- as the first post was. :D :eek:

I still say the VTB1 is the balls on Perry Como covers, while the DMP3 is more suitable for Burle Ives.
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chessrock said:
Oh no. I totally disagree.

Although my second post was, indeed, much more helpful ... it was still filled with every bit as much contempt for the general stupidity of a lot people on this board -- and the utterly assinine things they say and argue about -- as the first post was. :D :eek:

I still say the VTB1 is the balls on Perry Como covers, while the DMP3 is more suitable for Burle Ives.
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If I ever started my own bbs I'd surely name chessrock my supreme commander. Actually I'd probably throw him, timboz, ezwillis, metalhead and a few choice others in a pit and let them fight it out with presonus tube pre's as shields and mic stands as swords. metalhead though would just get a sm57 with a mic cable for those twirly throwing style attacks. What do you guys think.
 
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