With a Preamp do you...

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...plug it into an amp or use it to mic and amp? It's probably a silly question but I don't know.
 
Depends on what sort of preamp you're referring to... Microphone preamps bring a mic-level signal to line level. Stereo preamps, guitar preamps, bass preamps, they're all over the place.
 
With that you're going to want to plug that unit into your computer via USB. Plug a mic into the unit and use that to record your sources.
 
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Hi... I am a bit confused about preamps and what they are meant to do. I play my guitar directly into a Sonar VS 100 and that connects to my PC via usb. Does the Sonar Vs 100 act as a preamp or should I be looking at adding a preamp to the signal chain?

Thanks
 
mlamm said:
Hi... I am a bit confused about preamps and what they are meant to do. I play my guitar directly into a Sonar VS 100 and that connects to my PC via usb. Does the Sonar Vs 100 act as a preamp or should I be looking at adding a preamp to the signal chain?

Thanks
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You do not need to add a preamp to the signal chain.
 
nate_dennis said:
With that you're going to want to plug that unit into your computer via USB. Plug a mic into the unit and use that to record your sources.
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I got something similar to the Audiobox.I have an Emu tracker .By similar i mean i have two preamps but with no tone controls so i've been thinking about adding a small mixer or another pre with tone controls to the chain.I suggest to the OP if your gonna buy think about getting something with tone controls so you don't have to add another piece of gear later on.

With that in mind i'm running my bass direct and actually using my digitech guitar processor so i can eq the signal.Within the next few months i'd like to start doing some vocals and i know i'm gonna need something with tone controls and probably a decent vocal mic.I currently have a sm57 and some cheap V-tech mics.

Since i already have an interface but with no tone controls anyone got any suggestions.There's some good deals at Guitar Center right now.I got one of those 20 to 50 dollar off coupons good til sunday and Musician's Friend is having their anniversary sale this month.

I do have a 31 band Nady eq and an Alesis compressor/gate from my old pa rig but i sold off my mixer a few years back.As far as preamps go i only got my no tone control interface.
 
After doing some more reading here on the forums i see i don't really need a mixer for the tone controls.I'm not a complete newbie when it comes to recording but when doing it on the computer i'm still learning this 'in the box' stuff.

I came across this post which explains it pretty well.

" Now the other thing- this low-mid-high thingy- that's called EQ (equalization). These days, the EQ in your recording software is quite a bit better than the EQ on your mixer. So you would be better off sending a clean , flat signal with no EQ to the computer, and applying EQ "in the box" afterwards. The cool part about that is that if you don't like it, you can change it afterwards. If you apply the EQ going in, it's one more thing you'd better get right the first time. Furthermore, what sounded good when you started may change as elements are added to the mix."


What throws me off so much is how everyone preaches to get the best possible sound at the source so you don't have to apply eq later.If i record vocals direct,even if i would add another preamp for color like the dmp3,i guess i could use the plug-ins so i can monitor myself with the eq and maybe some reverb.

I'll have to try this on bass also and not go through the digitech.I'm looking to record my bass tracks in about a week so i got some experimenting to do.
 
dastrick said:
That has two mic preamps built into it. Your signal chain would be

Microphone -> Audiobox preamp -> computer (via USB cable)
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So there is a specific type of cable I'd need for it. What about if I wanted to record guitar or electric drums on it?
 
for guitar you could mic your amp (electric) or mic your acoustic. or go line in with an electric. usually needing a active direct box unless your interface has a di line in
 
bstarstudios said:
for guitar you could mic your amp (electric) or mic your acoustic. or go line in with an electric. usually needing a active direct box unless your interface has a di line in
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Well...sort of.

For an electric guitar you could mic your amp or you could use your standard instrument cable (1/4" TS) and go directly into the 1/4" instrument input on the Audiobox. It's not a Line In.

For acoustic guitar you could mic your guitar, use the guitars pickups (1/4" instrument cable) to the instrument input on the Audiobox, or both mic and direct.

Electric drums............your drums probably have a line level output. That wouldn't be good to plug into an instrument input. If your drums have MIDI OUT, that's what I would use.


LINE INPUT and INSTRUMENT INPUT are different things. And you won't need a direct box to record electric guitar.

Microphone cables are XLR to XLR.
 
i guess i didnt see the audiobox had instrument ins, the old 2 channel box i had needed a di box sorry.
 
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