First post ...thanks for help ahead of time
Im looking at to improve this current PC DAW set up from

Delta 1010
Dbx 376
Alesis Mix board 24

To get better sounds

I see a lot of posts involving the "right" mic preamp, and I haven't seen any mention of Trident gear.

I know this topic comes up a lot, but I've been shopping around for a good microphone and a mic preamp. My budget is around $2,000 for everything, maybe a little more if I can stretch it.

I have a couple of Focusrite ISA-110s that, I'm told, need to be recapped. (One oscillates loudly at arbitrary moments, and the other is all distortion and not very loud - I fear it may need more than new caps.) Does "recapping" mean replacing absolutely all capacitors in the unit, or only the ones in certain sections, or only electrolytics, or?

Would there be any difference in the mic preamps on the aardvark q10 compared to the PreSonus firepod?

I HAVE AN EXPENSIVE Mic PREAMP ALREADY BUT IVE HEARD GOOD THINGS ABOUT THIS PREAMP SO HAS ANYONE USED THIS BEFORE IF SO LET ME KNOW. I RECORD ALOT OF RAP ARTIST?

Hi everyone, just got an account here because this site seems to have great users that are very knowledgeable with lots of gear. I hope some of the user's can hep me here. I'm currently selling a lot of my gear and have around $2000 to $3000 to spend on a quality mic preamp or some type of DI to get me the sound I need.

I have digi OO2 rack and Pro Tools system. I'm in the marketing for a stero mic preamp (comp, eq, gate ). My maximum price range is about $3.500.

I want to have a vacuum tube.

Any suggestions?

Calling all Tracking Brains...

Is anyone familiar with the Trident S20 Mic Pre?

Have a chance to pick one up; & couldn't seem to find much info on the web at all (save for the fact that they are designed by John Oram.)

It sounded great...fat like a tube pre but with a lot of clarity & detail up & down the band.

So I'm wondering:

Hello,

I am seriously considering picking up the U5 for obvious duties on bass guitar. I know it works on other instruments and keyboards, too.

For Mic'ed signals, does anyone run something like a Mackie preamp (off the insert) through the U5 to help add some color "on the way in" to the A/D?