I know this is an old article, and may have already been discussed nigh to death, but my searches couldn't find it, so here goes.

This is fascinating.

Hello all,

I have recently acquired a 24CH, 200B, with the two sweeping mid EQ's.(for $300 I got the mixer and a bunch of other gear). There is no hum in the power supply or the board, no scratchy pots or sliders, and everything seems to work well. I want to use it for recording, using a line off the INSERT jack to LINE IN on my converter.

I have 4 specific questions.

Stop me if this sounds stupid, but I'm thinking of recording live instruments with a pair of C414s and I just realized that I don't have a dual channel preamp. Should I get something with a built in compressor/limiter, or keep those things separate?

How would i typically do this?
My preamp is an old mesa boogie studio pre.
It has mono send and stereo return.

I'm Looking for great choices of nos tubes for my pro vla and my mpa gold the cheap tubes i had sounded great until i got both units modded now all my different tubes like really really impact the sound of the recording and I'm coming to find out that my tube selection sucks lol ill list them below so ppl have a better understanding of what ive worked with tube wise...(Also Max Cap Of 200 for t

Hi All,
I have a PreSonus ADL 700 with a loud, white noise with crumpling paper in it when I
use the instrument input.
I have been using the mic input for guitar and bass since Ive had it, although if I tweak the EQs
more than 2oclock I can hear a hissing coming back in .

Anyone had this sort of problem ?

[GALLERY=media, 323]Microphone preamplifier comparisons by audiokid posted Mar 24, 2015 at 6:09 PM[/GALLERY]

First I need to say, I'm not a signer and neither a guitar player.
This is a preamp test done with one of the most common mic the Shure SM57. Tests include the Universal Audio La610 and 710, the Focusrite ISA and the interface Focusrite Liquid Saffire 56

I'm willing to post audio samples of various Input Tranformers and Op Amps on an ADK AP-1 mic preamp, if anyone is interested.

But I don't want to go through the time and effort of doing this if it's not of interest.

;)

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Hi,
I'm looking to upgrade my drum overheads from AKG C 1000 S' to either Shure SM81's or AKG C 214's. Price and versatility are factors, but the main use will be as drum overheads. Opinionsor advice is very much appreciated. Thanks!