M-Audio DMP3 mic pre for guitar

[Zepster]

I realize that this is more of a guitar post, but if you're a guitar player like me you spend far more time in this forum that the guitar one.

Just wanted to drop a line about the DMP-3 since this is the site that I looked to while I was shopping for a mic pre. I had this other one picked out but after reading all of these rave reviews about the DMP-3 I went with that one. I am really glad I did that because it has served me well as a mic pre. But here's the thing, I play a semi-hollowbody Heritage 535 deluxe model (that I've broken in well over the past 9 years or so, its a killer ax) through an Analogue Man modded TS-9 into a 1970 Fender Deluxe (basically that's it). Its a very sweet sound. About six weeks ago I stupidly left my amp on a couch and when somebody sat down it fell. The result was that I had to get the speaker reconed. It was very heart breaking news at the time. I immediately shipped the speaker off but I couldn't wait an entire month or more to get it back so I dropped a replacement "12 speaker in. It still sounded pretty good but it lost a lot of warmth. So while brain storming it hit me that I should try the DMP-3 and see what happens. It has turned out to be amazing. Not only did it improve my "replacement" tone 100 times over, but now that I got my old speaker back its even better. It has turned out to be a blessing in disguise because I probably never would have tried my mic pre in my guitar rig had that not happend. Just wanted to share the thought. Peace everybody!

 

[travelin travis]

how are you using the dmp3 for guitar? you mean in your signal chain to your guitar amp? i'm not really clear on what your doing.

 

[Zepster]

It goes guitar => Tuner => Wah Wah => TS-9 => DMP-3 => Amp... Sometimes I switch the Wah and TS-9 around and I also have a few random pedals I throw in from time to time. lately I've been running the same chain into an A/B switch then (both signals) into the DMP-3 then one into the 1970 Deluxe and the other into a 1970 Princeton. That's REALLY sweet!

 

[chessrock]

I have an even better idea for you.

Why don't you use two DMP3s in a chain?

That would be sweet.

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[travelin travis]

I'm trying to figure out what the dmp3 might be doing for you..........I have no clue. By running thru the dmp3, your changing your guitar signal to line level and feeding it into a guitar amp that's expecting an instrument level signal.

What's the benefit that you're getting out of this?

 

[Zepster]

The DMP3 has a 1/4 in and out per Channel and a hi/low gain range per channel.... It just creates a hotter signal and boosts some of the frequencies. About the two DMP-3 thing... Thats a good idea you sarcastic goof, I wonder what would happen if I ran out of one channel back into the input of another... I'm not really going to try that, I'm just joking; but I didn't think of that before.

 

[Giganova]

A friend of mine gives gigs in art museums and won a few prestigeous prizes by running loops to/from/through his mixer -- its called "mixer music", ever heard off? You are on your best to compete with him! Don't forget the ground loops, they can add some interesting higher-level harmonics

 

[Zepster]

Never heard of that but it sounds interesting... I like sampling and looping with too amps but I've never thought of doing anything like that.

 

[Robert D]

On the first Chicago Album, actually the name of the band was "Chicago Transit Authority" (they were sued by the agency and shortened the name to Chicago), there's a track called "Free Form Guitar". Kath ran his guitar through a Bogen PA, and then through a Fender Showman amp, if I remember correctly. Same idea.

 

[omtayslick]

About the two DMP-3 thing... Thats a good idea you sarcastic goof, .

He has a line on Chessrock already. After only 11 posts!