Friday, 30 May 2008 alle 13:15:21, schoappied ha scritto: > 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.. I never used one. But if I understand correctly it's an all-in-one preamp/soundcard, and you already have the soundcard... I suggest you search on groups.google.com on the rec.audio.pro newsgroup to search information about a specific device. Also the tapeop messageboard or gearslutz.com are good places to see people's opinions: http://groups.google.com/group/rec.audio.pro/topics http://groups.google.com/group/alt.music.home-studio/topics http://messageboard.tapeop.com/ http://www.gearslutz.com/board/ (I love newsgroups but I HATE forums :) Cheers -- Emiliano Grilli Linux user #209089 http://www.emillo.net _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
