Let me beat everyone to the punch...Great River and Sebatron...LOL. Great pres, but maybe look at a full channel strip if you want EQ, too. (Focusrite maybe?). 2 g's will get you something nice.

Sorry, I don't know a current price - maybe out of range(?)... But, the Mercenary Audio Edition of the Pendulum Audio Quartet is what you WOULD want, if you can afford it. It was designed and built for exactly what you want to do.

Maybe Fletcher has a used one around???

TG

I was really looking for one that has two mic inputs.

Gotta' say what you mean and mean what you say.

Two MAEPAQ's???

TG

Not sure what that means. Have you heard anything about the Universal 2-610?

Sounds like you are wanting something like the Old School Audio pres. Look em up at Atlas ProSound. Wanting EQ with this will cost a bunch more.....with these you wont need it.

thanks for the reply davedog. have you used the old school audio pre's?

I've used their 'Daddies' and I believe Nathan knows what he's talking about.

are they well diverse? for heavy guitar/vocals/bass?

Jonah wrote: are they well diverse? for heavy guitar/vocals/bass?

There are 4 different OSA preamps. The MP1-A "the Original", MP1-C "the Vintage", MP1-L "the Mutant", MP1-L3 "the Big Daddy". Each of the 4 have a different microphone input transformer, making them very diverse. You can go from clean to colored just by your choice of preamp. The MP1-A is the cleanest of the preamps. For bass DI - the L3. For heavy electric guitar amps - the C, sometimes the L3. For vocals, the L3 most of the time. Also the L on vocals if you need more high end (compared to the L3).

backinthelab wrote: Let me beat everyone to the punch...Great River and Sebatron.

I do alot of metal, and I LOVE my Great River MP2-NV (2 channel mic pre) And like DaveDog was saying, you won't need any EQ with the Great River (either), they are really that good. Loads of distortion. The settings are soft, or real massive with lots of grit. All depends on you and the way you set it up. Gain wise, & ect.
It's VERY versital, to say the least, but amazing is a more accurate description.
(my 2 cents)

A few months ago all the answers would have included and house brick
:shock:
sorry
GT Brick

I'm getting my bricks confused
:lol:

In addition to my favourite DIY mic-pres I have a single channel Great River NV

Kev wrote: A few months ago all the answers would have included and house brick
:shock:
sorry
GT Brick

Luster has worn off. Still a great pre for the $$$ (and even more) but, like the SP C1, people are bored and now want a cheaper, better weapon.

In that price range dual channel, the Great River or the Portico.