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Using a Pre to beef up a drum machine.

I use 2 drum machines and would like to know if running them through a decent pre, would that yield lustful or some sort of sonic advantage? I use a Akai MPC4000 which I think can go either way as far as using a pre because it has some alright pre's itself. On the other hand, my Roland R8 could defenitely go for a pre because it is'nt as hot as the Akai. Any thoughts?

+4db levels louder than -10db levels

I have a Digi 002 with -10db rca and +4db 1/4" outputs. My CD recorder has rca -10db inputs. I once used the +4db output to the CD recorder, and the sound was loud and distorted. So my question is this...if I had a CD recorder with balanced XLR +4db inputs, would a CD made with this recorder be LOUDER than a disc recorded with my -10db CD recorder?

Thanks