I'm very much a rookie when it comes to home recording, but would the use of a preamp and/or DI box in between the instrument and device its being recorded directly into increase the overall results of the recording? or would it only make a real difference if it was recording via a mic then into the DI/preamp then recording gear?

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hi ! my multmix USB has mic preamps, but there absolute rubbish ! so i want to buy a better preamp, but is it okay to have 2 preamps on 1 mic ( the multimix one and the one i will buy) ? if not how would i solve this problem ?

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Hey there everyone...I have a pritty basic qustion...
I have a home recording studio where I record mainly drums/other instruments like bass and guitars...its all working nicely but when I try and record Vocals or any other very 'soft' I seem to get realy hard buzzez/all kinds of noises/un-clearnes in the tracks...I use a RODE ntk tube mic to a 16 track Mackie to a digi002.

Ok, I have been looking for a short while for a good mic and preamp combo. The main purpose of these is to record studio vocals, acoustic guitar, and maybe piano as well. Mainly Vocals. Im looking possilbly for tube gear that will give me the warmth, character, and coloration of vintage gear. I have a 2-$3,000 budget to work with, and Im not in a rush to find anything.

What would you recommend for the best two channels of microphone preamping for 1000.00?

They will be running to an Mbox 2, and Mac OSX on pro tools

Microphones right now are an SM57 and a RODE NT1A.

This setup will be used for recording guitar amplifiers, with up to 2 amps at a time.

My budgets $400 or less. I'm gonna be recording loud female and male vocals for project studio.

What about "the brick"?

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Hey i looking at getting a mic preamp as my next purchase. I'm fairly new to recording so i don't know much. i was just wondering if anyone has used any of those art pres like the MPA GOld or the pro channel or if anyone has any suggestions for a pre under 500. I was also looking at the brick which seems to get really good reviews. i have PreSonus firepod with Cubase 4.

Hi, I want to buy a pair of monitors, but I'm not sure if i need a preamp or a power amplifier

can anyone help please :)

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hi there I'm thinking of getting a little external tube mic preamp to "warm and fattern" up my mics sound which is used only to record vocals. the equiptment i have is a RODE nt1000 and a zoom mrs1004 digital workstation. the RODE nt1000 is quite a nice sounding mic but a little too bright so I'm looking for something to warm it up.

Hi I was wondering what I should look for when choosing a preamp for the Shure SM58.The singing style is heavy rock so plenty of headroom is what I am looking for aswell as overall warmth.Ive read that the SM58 needs a lot of gain to open up so something around 60db input gain?