How bout ya Kurt? Did you get the Thorax? Have you had any time to play with it? What do you think?
We all know how skeptical you are about the Sebatron products. :lol: (just a joke)

I want to track vocals and acoustic guitar. They will be blended with keys, bass and drums direct, and violin by mic. Should I be looking at the 2000e yielding 2 channels for a stereo image for the guitar, or is a Thorax a better choice and have a duplicate track created for the mix?
I'm assuming the Thorax would be the preferred item for the vocals.

Had about an hour to finally get things hooked up and play through the Thorax. Haven't played the bass or vox through it yet but I played guitar through it clean and with a vintage rat driving it.

The sweetest fuzz tones I've ever heard. No square wave harsh - just the feeling of the most kick-ass sweater enveloping you.

Hi Seb,

I just got my new Thorax yesterday - looks beautiful. I haven't had a chance to get it set up yet (in the process of redoing my so-called home studio) but I saw the previous post that mentioned you were tweaking the Thorax model.

I have the "older" model - or at least it looks like it is compared to the new pics on your site.

New to the list (been lurking for a while, and learning TONS from all the great info), and finally summoned the guts to post.

I am trying to set up a top front end - mic preamp/comp/eq etc. Mostly concerning the compressor and eq, how does one do this effectively? Through experience of my own and research it seems that one should comp/eq tracks in relation to other tracks, not on their own, which would mean to comp and eq after recording/tracking.

This may make me sound a bit dumb, but if I disable the EQ and Compression in the Thorax, in essence just using it as a pre-amp, is that pre-amp identical to the VMP1000e?

I'm thinking I'd like a VMP and a Thorax, but if I get them both with the Thorax, I just might pony up the extra $$$.

I have been looking for quite some time, reading forums etc. and can't make up my mind I need some help please.
For vocals primarily - what are the best& quietest Mic pre/ compressor combos to front a good DAW .

I was woundering if anyone could explain to me the difference between a channel strip and a mic preamp? Is the thorax the same as the vmp 1000 with the addition of the eq and compessor or is it something to add on to a mic preamp? Sorry if this is a stupid question I tried to find more info by using the search but it wasnt working.

Hi,
I'm looking for a vocal channel strip or set of rack gear to lug around with me to practice and live venues. I primarily need it for phantom power, compression (really squash it), and maybe eq to filter out feedback. I am also considering using it to output into and in ear monitoring system.