Emiliano Grilli wrote: > 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 > And what about the Studio Projects VTB1, is it also good for electr. guitar? Dirk _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
