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Flatpicker said:
Ha Tim!
Looks kinda sarcastic, considering that search is disabled here
Metoo,
Look at the sticky thread--plenty of info.
Ha Tim!
Looks kinda sarcastic, considering that search is disabled here
Metoo,
Look at the sticky thread--plenty of info.
noisedude
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Searching is back on now!
Treeline
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Preamps are available at just about any budget level and there's a lot of truth in the idea that you get what you pay for. A good solid entry preamp will be an improvement over the Mackies. Not to diss Mackie (I'm an old school Mackoid myself), but 8 or 12 channels of preamp in a mixer for well under a thousand bucks isn't going to deliver the same sound as a single $2,000 gold channel.
I've had good experiences with the M-Audio DMP3; it's pretty transparent, it has loads of headroom and it is smoother than the Mackie board. 2 channels for about $160 - 170. Great workhorse that you'll always find a use for.
If you have more of a budget and you will be tracking more than two signals at once, M-Audio has an 8-channel preamp for about $650 street (as I recall) called the Octane. It uses very similar or the same preamps as the DMP3 and would be an inexpensive upgrade of eight mixer preamps. It also has a digital out.
Another really good preamp in this price range is the Studio Projects VTB-1; maybe a bit better than the DMP3, but only one channel for a roughly equivalent price.
So for under $200 you can make a discernible improvement in a voice channel with a decent basic preamp.
First thing, though, consider replacing the Behringer mic. You'll find uses for it, so fine - keep it. But the B1 just is not in the same league as many others of the same price range.
I like Studio Projects mics, mostly because those guys were there for me when I needed something dependable and inexpensive to learn with, and because I have limited experience outside of what I own. I use the SP B1 and C3 mics extensively in my amateur live sound and live tracking adventures, mostly acoustic performances, choirs, a couple of string quartets, solo voice and chamber music, and live opera. They are dependable and sound great to my ears. I nearly always use them in a live performance setting, as my "studio" is a corner of a spare bedroom.
I've used AT 4040 mics on voices as well and they seemed to handle anything I threw at them without much fuss. But my experience (if you want to call it that) ends there.
I think Strave misinterpreted my post about voice lessons. My intent was not to suggest a voice cannot improve without lessons, but that if the problem is the voice, the best place to put some money - like the next $500 - would be in voice lessons (with a top coach) because they deliver astounding bang for the buck. Hope this helps.
I've had good experiences with the M-Audio DMP3; it's pretty transparent, it has loads of headroom and it is smoother than the Mackie board. 2 channels for about $160 - 170. Great workhorse that you'll always find a use for.
If you have more of a budget and you will be tracking more than two signals at once, M-Audio has an 8-channel preamp for about $650 street (as I recall) called the Octane. It uses very similar or the same preamps as the DMP3 and would be an inexpensive upgrade of eight mixer preamps. It also has a digital out.
Another really good preamp in this price range is the Studio Projects VTB-1; maybe a bit better than the DMP3, but only one channel for a roughly equivalent price.
So for under $200 you can make a discernible improvement in a voice channel with a decent basic preamp.
First thing, though, consider replacing the Behringer mic. You'll find uses for it, so fine - keep it. But the B1 just is not in the same league as many others of the same price range.
I like Studio Projects mics, mostly because those guys were there for me when I needed something dependable and inexpensive to learn with, and because I have limited experience outside of what I own. I use the SP B1 and C3 mics extensively in my amateur live sound and live tracking adventures, mostly acoustic performances, choirs, a couple of string quartets, solo voice and chamber music, and live opera. They are dependable and sound great to my ears. I nearly always use them in a live performance setting, as my "studio" is a corner of a spare bedroom.
I've used AT 4040 mics on voices as well and they seemed to handle anything I threw at them without much fuss. But my experience (if you want to call it that) ends there.
I think Strave misinterpreted my post about voice lessons. My intent was not to suggest a voice cannot improve without lessons, but that if the problem is the voice, the best place to put some money - like the next $500 - would be in voice lessons (with a top coach) because they deliver astounding bang for the buck. Hope this helps.
crazydoc
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guitar-dave
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Ive heard the EMU 1820M has some pretty good preamps in it...
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