Which multi chanel Pre under $750

[alba359]

New to recording. I am recording a 4 piece Beatleish group and an Alternative group.For mikes I Have a C1, 2-c1000s', and several 57's. Also an Alesis 24 board, Blue Max, etc. Preamps I am considering are the PreSonus MP20, Joemeek twin Qcs, Joemeek Vc3Q, HHB10 Tube Mic Pre and a few others. Does anyone have opinions on these or other preamps which will make for good recordings? Thanks, alba359

[tubedude]

For under $700 and you want a multi channel... look at the DaviSounds 4 channel preamp. For the price you can't go wrong. Syteks can be had used for around $700, another no brainer. Get something transparent for your 1st good pre.

[atlasproaudio]

How about a 12x2 Mackie VLZ-Pro until you can afford something really good and longterm? Middle of the road quality is not much better than the VLZ (or at all). YOMV

Best Wishes,
Nathan Eldred
http://www.atlasproaudio.com

[Recording Engineer]

Except in my opinion, DaviSound is in the same league as Grace Design or Great River...

[Bear's Gone Fission]

Davisound? New to me. Any corroborating s up? Their web page is obvious enough to find.

Bear

[Recording Engineer]

There's the ... :D
And please try this:
http://artistlaunch.com/artist.asp?artistid=1960

I own a TB-1, TB-3, TB-8, and have a matched-pair of DS-1950s on ordered (expected to arrive in 2 weeks or so), and a custom console on order for the long future.

Just showing how much confidence I have in them and how much I REALLY like them... Plus, if you have questions, I have answers. Then again , you can get contact them...

Weston Ray
Resonance Frequency Recording
Orangevale/Sacramento, California
United States

[radiophonic]

Hmm... the DaviSound TB-6 sounds like what a lot of folks are looking for. Anyone have one? Impressions?

Graham

[Recording Engineer]

Well, just so you know, the TB-3 actually has the same mic pres as the TB-6. The name of the pres are called "Mic All" pres. I like them so much that those are the pres that'll be be in my console.

[radiophonic]

So... can you compare these to typical sound benchmarks - such as Mackie VLZ/VLZ Pro pres and the Great River MP2MH? They're obviously going for a clean sound - great.

The typical distance between the Mackie and Great River for me lies in detail/3d space, particularly in off-axis sound. Not to mention headroom.

If they are really in the league of the GR, then that's wonderful. I'm wondering how they can do it - hand-assembled - for so little $$$.

Graham

[Recording Engineer]

I think my replies and links in this tread will answer a lot of questions: http://homerecording.com/bbs/showthr...threadid=31888
Plus, those recordings I posted above.

Also, one thing I can say about the "Mic All" pres is that their so much more open than the Mackie. I agree, it's hard to beat Mackie for the price... You usually don't notice much improvement at all until you reach Great River area and that's a HUGE difference in price!

About headroom, well is near +32 dBV before clipping good? Oh and it really is true about the "No Padding Necessary"/"overload-proof" part!