Emiliano Grilli wrote: > Thursday, 29 May 2008 alle 22:50:09, schoappied ha scritto: > >> Hi, >> >> >> I've bought a m-audio audiophile 24/96 and a mic shure sm 58 beta >> (thanks for your advices ;) ). >> > > They're "industry standards" :) > > >> I also have a epiphone les paul elekt. guitar with a orange crush 30 r >> amplifier. >> >> Now I want to be able to record voice and guitar, so I need a preamp... >> (or a mixer, if that's better) >> > > A mixer would do better only if it's a big and old one: I grabbed > recently a soundtracs rx-8 for 400 eur and it is fantastic sounding and > very flexible (even if a bit heavy). Brands to search for are all > british (in my opinion): sountracs, allen & heath, souncraft, > studiomaster, trident. At the top of the food chain there are studers, > but I fear that will cost at least around 1500 eur. > > I have also a rack mountable soundcraft folio but its preamps, althoug > better than the ones of ART or behringer, are not up to the ones on the > 24 channel soundtracs console. > > A 24 channel console can be overkill for your puroposes, but can be the > best thing to search for in the used market. Buy locally if you can, as > you'd better try all channels and functions (and noises) before buiyng. > > >> My budget is around 100 euro, but don't be to strict on that, maybe I'll >> can get some things second hand... >> >> I was thinking about these things, but Giuseppe, was telling that the >> art tubes are not a really good choice: >> >> - http://www.thomann.de/nl/art_tube_mp_project_series.htm >> > > I had one of those, and sell it immediatly. Not very good, in my opinion > too > > >> What about the alternative in this area? >> >> - audio buddy: http://www.thomann.de/nl/m-audio_audio_buddy.htm >> > > I don't know it > > >> - Studio Projects VTB1 : http://www.thomann.de/nl/studio_projects_vtb1.htm >> > > I have two of these and they're fine for the price. I never use the > "valve" feature, though.. maybe those are among the best in this price > range. > > >> What are good preamps? Are there good preamps in the range of 100 - 250 >> euro? (Maybe I'll can get some second hand). >> > > I also have a dbx 285a (around 280 eur) which is a channel strip with > some useful features like a compressor, an expander and deesser. Nice. I > often use this one for single mic recordings. > > Then on the "little more expensive side", I have a Groove tubes "the > brick" (around 400 eur) which is a true tube preamp, great as bass DI > but doesn't have lots of gain. Then, and this is my best and most used > one, there is the FMR really nice preamp (2 channels for ~ 500 eur). > If you can afford it is a really good sounding preamp, and one of the > most recognized even by pro users (even if "entry level", by their > standards) > > > Thanks. And what do you think about the presonus firebox? I can get it for 175 euro.. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
