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Mark_Knecht
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Hi all,
My first post here. This is an excellent forum. Thanks.
I'm sort of exploring an idea for a product that would potentially have a mic preamp built into it. The final product would be some form of digital out - s/pdif, optical or something else. This is mainly for the semi-pro Pro Tools sort of market, but our intention is to figure out how to make it good enough for you guys also.
I'm curious about how studio engineers feel about having limiters and/or compressors built into their mic preamps? Do you prefer to have one built in that can be bypassed, even if it costs a bit more? Or would you prefer to have a mic pre with more output headroom and use an external limiter or compressor of your choice. If you buy preamps that have them, do you mostly not use them?
Obviously the downside potential is that when switching it out it's not totally out sonically and somehow effects the sound, as well as some potential extra cost.
Again, this question may or may not play into anything we try and build, but I'm just trying to understand better how you guys usually set your signal chains up.
Again, thanks in advance.
Regards,
Mark
My first post here. This is an excellent forum. Thanks.
I'm sort of exploring an idea for a product that would potentially have a mic preamp built into it. The final product would be some form of digital out - s/pdif, optical or something else. This is mainly for the semi-pro Pro Tools sort of market, but our intention is to figure out how to make it good enough for you guys also.
I'm curious about how studio engineers feel about having limiters and/or compressors built into their mic preamps? Do you prefer to have one built in that can be bypassed, even if it costs a bit more? Or would you prefer to have a mic pre with more output headroom and use an external limiter or compressor of your choice. If you buy preamps that have them, do you mostly not use them?
Obviously the downside potential is that when switching it out it's not totally out sonically and somehow effects the sound, as well as some potential extra cost.
Again, this question may or may not play into anything we try and build, but I'm just trying to understand better how you guys usually set your signal chains up.
Again, thanks in advance.
Regards,
Mark