caseybasichis
New member
Hi,
Im planning on buying a new mic and pre, I'm hoping to spend around $1000 for the pre and anywhere between $1000 to $1600 for the mic. I currently have a m-audio solaris and a sm-57 that I run through an old mackie 1402 vlz pro.
My questions are, should i get the pre or the mic first? I wont be able to buy them at the same time and there could be severl months inbetween the purchases.
As far as the pre's, I was looking at the GREAT RIVER ME-1NV and the A Designs MP-1 Tube Mic Pre/DI. I am going to be recording mostly soft, airy male vocals with occasional light screaming, and acoustic guitar, although the vocals are my main concern. They will usually sit in a very dense, noisy, electronic mix but there are a fair amount of parts that are just acoustic guitar and voice.
And for the microphone... I understand the Soundelux 195 is very good, how does that compare to the ifet7 and the u99 for vocals? I was also looking at the neumann tlm 103 but any other suggestions would be appreciated as well.
Thanks,
Casey
Im planning on buying a new mic and pre, I'm hoping to spend around $1000 for the pre and anywhere between $1000 to $1600 for the mic. I currently have a m-audio solaris and a sm-57 that I run through an old mackie 1402 vlz pro.
My questions are, should i get the pre or the mic first? I wont be able to buy them at the same time and there could be severl months inbetween the purchases.
As far as the pre's, I was looking at the GREAT RIVER ME-1NV and the A Designs MP-1 Tube Mic Pre/DI. I am going to be recording mostly soft, airy male vocals with occasional light screaming, and acoustic guitar, although the vocals are my main concern. They will usually sit in a very dense, noisy, electronic mix but there are a fair amount of parts that are just acoustic guitar and voice.
And for the microphone... I understand the Soundelux 195 is very good, how does that compare to the ifet7 and the u99 for vocals? I was also looking at the neumann tlm 103 but any other suggestions would be appreciated as well.
Thanks,
Casey