On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 08:31, Joe Hartley wrote: > On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 06:48:59 -0500 > "Joseph Dell'Orfano" <fullgo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > For miking acoustic instruments, a great preamp may be a sound > > investment. You may want to consider spending more resources on this. > > Add me to the list of people recommending a good mike preamp. For most > recording, I don't mind the preamps in my Behringer mixer, but I'd had > the opportunity to borrow a nice preamp to use with my mediocre Octava > mics, and was really very happy with the results. > > On the other hand, I realized how much I dislike my Behringer T1953 > tube preamp :-/ I had seen some cautions before about Behringer, so if it is cooked, I probably will replace it, but my financial situation is "badly bent" just now. I think the priorities I will set will be some pro sound card first, then a preamp. I really don't care compression in acoustic music as I think the dynamics are very important for the "mood" changes we want to deliver in our tune sets. I (and my eldest son) grew out of the rock and roll stage and discovered that music, like a good single malt whisky, improves with age.... -- Phil Our 2nd CD: http://www.cdbaby.com/naomisfancy Naomi's Fancy performances: http://naomisfancy.virtualave.net/schedule.html
