Oct 07, 2003 03:58 am do ya have a compressor already?
Mic Preamps
Posted on Oct 07, 2003 03:55 am
Seven Worlds
David William
Member Since: Dec 20, 2002
I've been recording on a Yamaha AW16G for the last year and although my recordings have improved immensely from my 4-track days they still seem to be missing that 'semi-professional' sound I hear on other peoples recordings. Its mainly due to the volume and overall impact rather than my mixing (to my ears anyway!).
Anyway, I'm wondering if a mic preamp would help me get stronger signals and therefore a more vibrant mix. Can anyone recommend a good preamp between £100 - £200?
I've been looking at a couple of the Behringer models - the Ultragain T1953 and the ProMic 2200. Can anyone recommend those?
My overall set-up is pretty basic with Shure SM57 and AKG C1000 mics, an Orange practice amp, drum machine and couple of guitars.
Cheers,
Seven Worlds
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Oct 07, 2003 03:58 am do ya have a compressor already?
Oct 07, 2003 06:15 am Yes, the Yamaha has a compressor built in which I use.
Oct 07, 2003 06:27 am Hey, I will have pretty much the same set ep mic wize once I am done, although I am going with a Korg multitrack.
I was looking at the ART TPS mic pre's. They are $139 at musician's friend right now which looks to be in your price range. I am interessted too in what the more experienced among us say.
-Bennis
Oct 07, 2003 07:00 am The more experienced say that if you are going to buy through Musician's Friend, please surf there from a link on this site so we get credit from the sale, it costs you nothing and we make small commission from the sale :-)
Also, yes a preamp and a slight compression may give your recording a bit more powerful and professional sound. I have heard those ART's are good, and ya, at $139 that is a great price, you can get 'em here: service.bfast.com/bfast/c...mp;bfmtype=gear Tho I am sure jues will be here shortly to plug the PreSonus, I know him and MANY others that dig the BlueTube service.bfast.com/bfast/c...mp;bfmtype=gear and it is only $149
Oct 07, 2003 10:04 am Hi all... new member here. Anyway, I just wanted to mention that I use the ART preamp, and for the money its a great value, though honestly, their base model for +/-$50 is just as good as the higher end model (the only difference being tonal presets and a VU meter on the more expensive version). Aside from the mic usage, it also works great as a DI, especially on bass.
John
Oct 07, 2003 10:46 am maybe your comparing your mixes to ones that are mastered? maybe you need to look into mastering your mixes?
Oct 07, 2003 02:44 pm Thanks for the info.
I'm finding even stuff thats not been mastered tends to have a bigger sound that mine, though I do think mastering would help - if only I could afford to get it done!
Will the preamps mentioned really make a difference to the built-in ones? A few people elsewhere have advised me to look at ones in the £300-£500 category, which is stretching my budget considerably.
Oct 07, 2003 08:09 pm I have a Focusrite VoiceMaster Platinum which is IMHO, simply incredible.
jues.
Oct 08, 2003 02:49 pm I just got my ART TPS. So far so good :)
Oct 09, 2003 05:14 am Can you use the Focusrite Voicemaster for instruments as well?
Oct 09, 2003 07:14 am But of course.
The name "voice master" is given simply because the EQ settings are geared towards vocals. however, I use it for ALL my tracking needs.
The Single 1U unit contains (in this order)
A Class-A Mic Preamp
A Phase Inversal Switch
A High Pass Filter
A Gate / Expander
A Saturation / Drive Simulator
An Opto Compressor
An EQ (2 fixed bands and 1 sweepable low band)
A De-Esser
Pretty good for 1U :)
Oct 10, 2003 12:53 am i stand firmly behind my hhb radius 40. its a tube driven preamp.
www.hhbusa.com/FMPro?-db=...=USA&-find=
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