On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 08:25, Phil Sexton wrote: > 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've got an HHB Radius 3 tube compressor and it makes a huge difference in acoustic guitar. Depending on how you set it, it doesn't take the dynamics out (you can always smash it if you want to ;-) The guitar tracks sound less harsh when I use a little compression. The idea that any compression will completely destroy dynamics is unfounded. Jan