Greetings,

I just read another post on what people think of the ever versitle SM-57.

Just out of interest what Preamps are you Pros useing to get the best results out of the 57 and why?

Will you use different Pres for recording a guitar amp and then a Vocalist?

Do you ever choose your on board Pres vs your aresenal of gear?

And lastly, do you choose Tube or Solid State?

I recently purchased an M80 mic preamp but have not yet received it. What should I expect? this is a used unit with the "Jensen" transformers. Is this a pretty good pre for general purpose. I'm tracking through my D8B right now. Will it be much of an improvement? I also ordered an RME AD8 Pro to use as converters.

Thanks to all Abraham.

Hi,
Can anyone shed light on what CMRR refers to in reference to mic preamp specs, as in ". .has excellent CMRR. ."
I notice there is a professional body called the Center for Magnetic Recording Research. Could not find any reference to a specification that would make sense when applied to a mic preamp.
Any help would be appreciated.
Peace and thanks,

Hi all,
My first post here. This is an excellent forum. Thanks.

Anyone heard them? or maybe the GML 8302

Any experience with these? Looking for something for straight-up acoustic recordings...
Ted

I have a Pro Tools MixPlus+++++ system and currently use my Yamaha 02R for the mic preamp's and monitoring via Digi's ADAT bridge. I would like to loose the 02R because it takes up too much space and is not a great choice for mic preamps . I do not feel it worthwhile to spent a bundle on separate and expensive mic preamps and Line level to Light pipe A/Ds. . .

I have a small home Studio with an 001. I am planning on cutting demo's and ideas for my band in my studio and want to get a good sounding mic preamp (2 channels) and a couple of mics (or 1 stereo mic) to use on overheads. I only got 1000-1500 to spare... any ideas?

I have a small home Studio with an 001. I am planning on cutting demo's and ideas for my band in my studio and want to get a good sounding mic preamp (2 channels) and a couple of mics (or 1 stereo mic) to use on overheads. I only got 1000-1500 to spare... any ideas?