This is a variation on a thread I was following on antoher forum...

If you have 2 really nice mic preamps (your "money pres"), where do you use them when Micing a drum kit (assuming you are close Micing the entire kit here)?

-Both OHs?
-Snare + Kick?
-One OH + Kick?

what are your favoured preamps for the following mics:

1. Royer r-121
2. AKG c-414 b/uls

thanks

hello-
I am looking for a reasonable rack EQ, not super cheap, but not Manley or Weiss. Ideally $500 or under

I have searched quite a few ways to answer this but have found no similar questions/answers

I'm looking to buy a really good mic preamp for vocals and occasionally Rhodes/guitars, or maybe horns.
I have U87 and RME converter to Pro Tools TDM.
I mainly do Hip Hop/ RnB.
Looking to spen $2000-$5000.

I was looking at the M-Audio Delta 44 website and i saw in a chart that there is a built in mic preamp. I was going to buy this because i wanted external mic preamps. Is there a way to bypass these?
thanks

I have a friend who has an analog 4 track and he is looking to get some pre's that operate phantom power and are a little better.

He's only recording one track at a time...

What mic preamp / comp is as good or better, IYO, than the Avalon 737. Try to stay around the same price or lower.

Any user review on the Digitech VTP-1 Mic-preamp? Please let me know what your thoughts are.

Wondering if I need to purchase 2-2 channel mic preamps or 1-4 channel. I am looking at the Sebatron VMP 2000e and RNP (or similar) or the Seb VMP 4000e. I did not know if recording all tracks on the Seb would create any problems, frquency wise. I have read that using a Neve 1073, for example, for all tracking can create some build up of certain frequencies that may not be desirable.

Hey everybody, i had a question. When your talking about Mic pre's, what is that exactly. When I recorded, i took my mic and just plugged it into my Roland VS -1880, and used the on-board effects. Can someone explain to me the signal chain? Are mic preamps' like compressors and stuff tha you plug the mic into and then plug it into the studio? Thanks
lawton