Apr 17, 2008 01:08 am I dunno man, you might hear a difference but I'm not sure it would up the quality in anyway. All this cheapo tube gear is pretty average IMO, they just stick a couple of budget tubes in for marketing hype.
Tube Preamp Help???
Posted on Apr 16, 2008 10:28 pm
xlakejunkiex
Ryan
Member Since: Dec 28, 2007
www.guitarcenter.com/Behr...591-i1125201.gc
I have a Firestudio Project and was wondering if I would be able to see a notable difference by buying this preamp than the ones already installed in the interface?
i don't want to waste my money and you guys know best.
thanks!
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Apr 17, 2008 01:08 am I dunno man, you might hear a difference but I'm not sure it would up the quality in anyway. All this cheapo tube gear is pretty average IMO, they just stick a couple of budget tubes in for marketing hype.
Apr 17, 2008 02:11 am I have this unit going before my delta 44, prior to getting it I used the preamps in a crappy mixer. For 150 bucks, this unit is not bad. Yes you will hear a noticible difference, but for the most part, without cranking the warmth up (which I'm not sure how much of is really tube to be honest), the units pretty transparent and doesn't give much color to the sound. Thats either good or bad depending on what you like.
There are better pres out there, but this one has some bang for the buck.
Apr 17, 2008 08:50 am I haven't used the firestudio project so I can't make an informed comment per how much of an "upgrade" would be appreciated. I do have the 1953 and no it is not a Grace or a UA, but it does do a nice job of filling a tube without adding a lot of additional noise. The adjustment on the tube saturation is a very helpfull tool. It does a nice job of providing the subtle compression of a tube when driven moderately. The meters are really cheep and flaky for sure.
You can listen to it on a song I posted "If I Fell" in my profile. To qualify that a little more the recording was done with an Oktava 319 in a sound booth made from Cubicle walls. In the mix the vox were compressed a bit with the resident Cubase compressor and verb was added with a waves plug.
Apr 17, 2008 12:08 pm I owned two of them. When I ran layla which had no pre's they were great. I then purchased an ART mixer and the pre's were loads cleaner. With the pre's on your firestudio I wouldn't bother.
Apr 17, 2008 10:09 pm hmm...how about a presonus EUREKA? does anybody know about that? i know it has a pre but it has all kinds of other stuff too. anybody have anything to share or have one?
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