Question for folks with Korg D16/D1600 and external pre's:

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Hi. As some of you may know, I have a Korg D16. And I'm not overly thrilled with its mic pre's (they get pretty friggin noisy, when put louder than -40dBV).
Anyway, I was wondering if a Audiobuddy or a DMP-3 would make a BIG difference? And which would be the next step from there? I'm only considering the Joemeek VC1Q and the MindPrint En-Voice as a 1 channel do-it-all-channelstrip to add to the Audiobuddy/DMP-3.
I'm not going for the Grace 101, since
a)it's (almost) not available in Europe
b) it doesn't have eq & a compressor.

So please tell me your findings.
I mostly record myself on electric guitar and bass. In the nearby future I will add acoustic guitar and vocals. Drums I do with a Boss DR 670. My music is mainly 70's-80's (hard)rock/metal oriented. And some occasional surf and funk.
 
I haven't had noise probs with my combo of NT1/V67/58 and 57 into the buddy and then to my D1600. I dont know that it cleans it up, if that's what you want to know. I doubt it, but I haven't noticed a ton of noise from the pres on the 1600. They are very touchy though.

Pete
 
I know the D16/D1600 pre's are very touchy! argh! But did you conisder the Buddy a good improvement over the Korg pre's?
 
I have a D16 and I bought a Soundcraft M12 mixer for it's ghost pre-amps and EQ. It only cost me £430 and has a digital out. Now I have the choice of going into the D16 with the trims on minimum or to the digital in.

The D16's (I'm on the same 3.01 version and 20GB hard drive by teh way) preamps are very noisey if you have to raise them high which is what prompted me to buy the mixer.

I did consider the audio buddy but they didn't have any to test. I figured with the EQ as well and considering the price: that the mixer was the way to go.
 
I had a korg board and the Mic pre was a must. the blue tube is my reccomendation. you can turn the tube drive all the way down and have the clean solid state sound, or turn it up to get a more warm sound. I find it to be more versital than the other mic pres. and the price is right.
 
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