well what the h*** do they do?

what are some good external preamps from 100-500 $ range? (pref. tube preamps)

the art prochannel is a tube preamp/compressor/eq all in one for arround 300 bucks but does anyone have one of thease or know anything about one? any feedback would be helpfull

what are some good external preamps from 100-500 $ range? (pref. tube preamps)

I need some advice for what to buy everyone says go with Pro Tools but Pro Tools le only has 32 tracks at 48khz and Cubase le has 48 tracks at 96khz and it dosent cost 10,000 dollars to upgrade it to a better program like Pro Tools does. And with Cubase i can get the fw-1884, have 8 mic preamps and a control surface for the same price as the digi 002 rack.

In researching these mics I came across several reviews claiming a marked similarity in tone with the U87. Being the consumate cynic and devil's advocate I put it those of you fortunate enough to have used both. How much truth is in such a claI'm and how much BS. I doubt they are good mics. They get good word of mouth here to be sure. The question is aimed at what to expect if I go this route.

Hi everyone, I'm almost done with this song, and Ive been mixing in Pro Tools 6.4. Im using 16 tracks, plus some aux inputs and 2 midi tracks. The problem is Im hearing this hiss or buzzy sound when playback. We had to add some extra voices and the same noise will sound while recording.

I'm using a RODE K2 and Peluso CEMC 6 to record a guitar thru my Sebatron into the TRS in's of the PreSonus Firebox and then into my powerbook.

I'm recording a guy who plays acoustic guitar and sings along. He's using an Ibanez PF5ecent acoustic electric that is plugged straight into my E-MU 1820m. Open chords sound fine and extremely round and perfect. When he plays power chords all I can hear is the god awful fret buzz. How should I tackle this problem, we can rerecord if need be.

I'm considering moving some things around in my control room and was thinking of putting my CRT monitors between my NS10's. How could I go about shielding the drivers in the NS10's so there's no issues between the CRT's and the NS10's? Thanks.