Hi - I'm recording mostly acoustic and vocals - sort of Neil Young-ish songs. In the past I've just gone directly into my ProTool LE with a PPA LD-1. I'm looking to buy a decent preamp to warm up and fill out the signal. Don't want to spend much more than 200. Is this possible, any good places to start? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
thanks.

Hi - I'm recording mostly acoustic and vocals - sort of Neil Young-ish songs. In the past I've just gone directly into my ProTool LE with a PPA LD-1. I'm looking to buy a decent preamp to warm up and fill out the signal. Don't want to spend much more than 200. Is this possible, any good places to start? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
thanks.

I was looking at the back panel of this Fender Pro Reverb,
and it has both Effects Send/Return AND PreAmp Out/In jacks.
I was wondering what circumstances the Effects Send/Return
would be used instead of the PreAmp Out/In.
Or if there is a situation where both would be used?

I'm kind of a beginner to computer recording, and recently bought a Delta 1010 soundcard with 8-channel breakbox. It doesn't have preamps and the only adjustable part is a button for each channel which switches from -10db to +4db signal levels (which would you generally use for direct guitar or vocal microphone?)

ive been thinking of getting the bellari rp220 (preamp)and the rp583(compressor)these units are in my price range and i dont want to be dissapointed as they will be my first set of decent comp & pre.
how well do these work compared to other units in this price range?
should i get something else insted?

What seems more useful: using the two channels on overheads or on the bass + snare?

Thanks

I have my mic. goin througha mixer nad it sounds pretty damn good but I was wondering. woiuld a mic. preamp help it sound better? Or would a mic. preamp be pointless since I ahve a mixer?

I'm looking to widen my palette of mics and buy a single 'transparent' preamp of decent quality and value.

Here's my current setup:

hello,

I'm running Cubase sx 3 through a souped up sinlgle processor g5 and a MOTU 896, i wanted to buy a nice tube mic preamp, but wasnt sure how to bypass the preamp on the 896 to get it into the computer through the firewire.

Any help?

thanks,
charlie
http://www.myspace.com/downstage

A channel stip has a preamp, EQ and Compressor,but would it be better to spend more money on just a preamp. I'm only really looking for one channel which is what i'll use to record vocals. R & B type of stuff.