Here's a question I've always had in the back of my mind. In this thread:
https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=256651
...a very informative and insightful post by user "nreece" speaks of running mixed/processed drum tracks back through the pre's to sparkle up the sound a bit:
4. run your final stereo drum mix back through the same preamps again after you've done all of your EQ and signal processing to liven it up...this is a huge key! A little compression here will also make your drums sound punchy.
Makes sense. One thing I've always wondered is this (and you can probably see where I'm headed already): Would running my drum tracks, relatively well-recorded through my economical, yet hardly premium Focusrite Octopre, through a much NICER set of preamp channels, such as my girlfriend's API 3124+, do anything to boost or enhance the signal? My best guess is probably not--once the signal has been colored, or "degraded" in a way, it may be hard to boost it back up. And of course I know "try it and see" is certainly an option worth exploring, just for the sake of experimentation. But has anybody done this in the past? Any luck? Any thoughts? Can a good preamp "colorize" a signal that has, shall we say, faded somewhat?
Thanks in advance!
https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=256651
...a very informative and insightful post by user "nreece" speaks of running mixed/processed drum tracks back through the pre's to sparkle up the sound a bit:
4. run your final stereo drum mix back through the same preamps again after you've done all of your EQ and signal processing to liven it up...this is a huge key! A little compression here will also make your drums sound punchy.
Makes sense. One thing I've always wondered is this (and you can probably see where I'm headed already): Would running my drum tracks, relatively well-recorded through my economical, yet hardly premium Focusrite Octopre, through a much NICER set of preamp channels, such as my girlfriend's API 3124+, do anything to boost or enhance the signal? My best guess is probably not--once the signal has been colored, or "degraded" in a way, it may be hard to boost it back up. And of course I know "try it and see" is certainly an option worth exploring, just for the sake of experimentation. But has anybody done this in the past? Any luck? Any thoughts? Can a good preamp "colorize" a signal that has, shall we say, faded somewhat?
Thanks in advance!