sorry everyone... Mic pre's?

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If my Behringer MX2004 has mic preamps, why would I need to bother getting a mic pre for my condensers? I have phantom power on the board, and it seems to work fine.

Can someone explain this to me?
 
hoo boy..

...here come da can o worms... :o

Depends, Jimmy. Are ya happy with the mixer? If so, just use it. It will work.

Do you have a good place to monitor your mixes? What is your listening environment like? Any acoustic treatment?

Once you have gotten practice in critical listening in such an environment, you'd be able to hear the difference between what your condensor mic would do thru a good mic pre, or thru your board.

For now, if you're happy with your mixer, it'll work fine for you.
 
jimmy_LD said:
If my Behringer MX2004 has mic preamps, why would I need to bother getting a mic pre for my condensers?

To reinforce participant's answer, you may (as he said) not need a dedicated mic preamp at all, if you are happy with the way things sound.

The issue is the same as any other piece of gear: what is the quality point with which you can get satisfactory results.

For example, one could ask:

Why would you need a Neumann U47 or an AKG C12 when you already have an Octava 219?

Why would you use Mogami cable whan you already have Hosa?

Why would you want an LA2A when you already have an Alesis 3630?

Why would you have a song professionally mastered when you have some software that will do the same thing?

Why would you want a Mercedes when you already have a Kia?

The answer is the same to all of the above: the higher quality (and more expensive) options will be most worthwhile when you start to get enough experience and skill to notice you are being limited by the budget solutions. Until that time, enjoy yourself!
 
Yeah.////!!!! I'm gonna race around in my KIA!!!!!
 
Jimmy, to add to the above, the superiority of better preamps will become more and more obvious the more tracks you record. As each track has a certain component of noise, which adds up, the noise that was not even noticeable with 2 tracks becomes a real pain with 8 or 10. Most good home studios have a mixer when you need a bunch of tracks (drums) , and 2 to 4 channels of higher end pres for critical sources, especially acoustic instruments and vocals.-Richie
 
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