I'm looking into some new gear in my quest to get that full, bright, balanced, "expensive studio" sound. Mainly I record instrumental stuff: keyboards, sampled drums from my MPC-4000, direct bass, and miked guitar. I never record more than 2 tracks at a time. There's so many choices as far as preamps, channel strips, EQ and compressors, it's really hard to choose what to buy.

How do these two compare as someone's only pre?

I got my Origin couple of days ago and I do love it! I'm just wondering if I did the best possible choice here...

I record mostly vocals & spoken voice, but also acoustic guitars, bass, percussion...

Kurt I know you have used both, what do you think?
Anyone else?

Thanks guys!

Hi

Besides the obvious...two channels on te veqc200, pre-amp on the Thorax...what are the specific differences between the Compressors on the two units?

Thanks
Mick

Where can I find tubes for my 2000e,whats the Thorax going $$$$$$ for?

Hello,

I bought yesterday a NEW preamp 6176, not second hand!

But there was somthing inside that was making noise when I was moving it like a screw or something like that.

I wanted to be sure and then I opened the box.

First I found the stuff inside, a 2mm piece of metal but I don't know what it is :

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.