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?

hello
i am a home recording musician and i would like to buy a decent mic preamp.
I use Shure KSM27 mic, a mixing console and M-Audio fast track pro. All i need now is a decent mic preamp. Can you make me some suggestions on some pieces worth buying that cost up to $500?

A cheap preamp will make your recordings sound better than no preamp at all correct?

I have an MXL990 mic and I run it through the same stereo microphone preamp that works for my stereo Sony electet mic. Is it because my mic is mono and I need to get the right fittings to go into my stetro preamp ? ...or is it because of my preamp specs ? It was made by a guy that builds them and sells them on eBay: Church Audio ST-20. Here are the specs for the 9-volt driven preamp:

I currently have "decent" preamps in the following:
1. 32 channel A&H GL2200
2. Focusrite Octopre
3. Focusrite ISA-428
4. ART TPS

What's a good, INEXPENSIVE, multi pre to fill in those last 4 channels on the 002? Thanks.

Hi,

What you think about it? The preamps are Class-A ?

Please, tell me what level it is:

1- 9098, Avalon, ff ISA/Red, UA, Manley, etc.

2- ff Platinum, PreSonus MP20, TL Audio , Joemeek , etc.

3- PreSonus Blue, Behringer, etc.

Thank you for your opinion...

Hi. I'm wondering what would be a nice complement to this mic, as I'm recording mainly a female soloist. Her voice is not very prone to sybillance, though she has a soft medium to high-pitched voice. I'm trying to achieve a smooth full sound, but not an unnatural one.

say i have a solid state mic preamp like a trident, or Neve or something like that and a solid state power amp like a QSC rmx2450. or even for the preamp use of a 610. would that be acceptable and yeild good results for use as a guitar head before a cabinet.

Hey i'm ordering my new 24" iMac soon than will come the digi 002 rack. I'm just not sure how the multi-channel preamp works with the 002 can anyone sum that up for me? What does it need to have/do? Also which would you recommend on a budget. The guy at my local pro audio store recomended a prosonus one not the firepod but another one that was 1300 bucks which is way to high for me.