what's up everybody? i'm new to the forum but been on it for a while. anyway i've been driving myself crazy on looking for a new mic and preamp mainly for vocals. i heard good things about the summit audio 2ba-221 and like the price. i also was looking at the universal audio la-610. which is double the price and a channel strip. which may be important.

As the subject text sujests, I am looking for a decent preamp. The mics I use are:-
Neumann u87a
An old but reliable Langevin.

I have a budget which I have to stick to. Got a grand to spend on the best value preamp I can get.

This is just one of the things I am searching for, but need to sort out the front and back end first.

I'm looking for a low cost premp to drive my Beyer M260 this is a bit above what I would like to pay but looks very interesting. I live so far off the beaten path I can't try stuff out which sucks. Any other suggestions? Are the PreSonus BlueTube DP Stereo Dual Path Microphone/Instrument Preamp With 12AX7 Tube I like the price break.

Hello,
I am currently looking at getting a Fmr audio Rnp (really nice preamp) and am wanting to know the best way to connect it upto my computer.
I currently am using a PreSonus digimax Lt and a Behringer ada8000 mic preamp running ADAT to my soundcard (RMEhammerfall).

Thank you for replying. I am dissatisfied with the quality of my on board sound card with the line in.

I am connecting from my line out on my practice amp which is a spider 3 line 6. I record my guitar tracks to a click and then I record my electronic drums. I want to record the TD-3 from the line out and as well as midi.

I have the mbox 2, and i wanted to get a better mic sound, so i've been researching preamps.
How would i hook up a tube preamp to my mbox? would i just use the mic DI into the preamp, and use the output on the preamp into the input on the mbox?

well.. our band needs a method of recording.. and someone offered us a M-audio buddy for about 1/3 the normal price.. so we are all psyched..
but then.. we realized..
how do we connect it to the laptop? no wires were given

hey everyone,

I've decided to scratch my mixing console and go with a mic preamp / AD setup. I only use the console for the mic preamps anyways so it's really pointless to have it in my setup.

I am using an SM57 to record my guitar cabinet. At random times during a recording the volume level will drop signifigantly (like -10 dB) and randomly return to its normal level. It generally does not stay between the two extremes. Also the line can get a little noisy when this happens (not a lot like a loud hum, but noticable enough where it is annoying).

ever since i purchased my mbox 2 mini i have had a problem getting decent volume from my mics through the low-z XLR input. both of the 1/4" line inputs work fine when plugged into a guitar amp. the mbox 2 mini is supposed to have a preamp on the XLR input but i have to crank the gain up to 10 to hear anything from both of my mics.