Being that this is a budget gear forum,I would like responses to be within the $100-$150 range. Yes, the more expensive the better, but I record as a hobby (stress relief), not professional. Personal experience would be great. I will be using this in a DAW set up running Adobe Audition 1.5 going straight into a Audiophile 2496 soundcard.

Thanks

I was noticing that when I turn on my power strip/surge protector to get power to my AD2022, the channel 1 VU meter dances up and down real hard. Is this a problem, or can the preamp be damaged by this. Hell, the preamp doesn't have a pwer switch, and if I turn the input to lowest level, it still dances around. Any thoughts?

Hi!

I'm recording music at home using:

- Studio Projects B1 mic

- MXL V67G

- Soundcraft Compact 10 Recording Mixer.

I wonder if i ever need a separate mic preamp since the Soundcraft Compact 10 mixer has built-in Class-A preamp.

Hi,
I am trying to connect my mic (RODE K2) to my PreAmp (The Brick) into my Compressor (RNC) into my Digi002.

Here's where I'm not sure what to do...

The output from the Brick is balanced (XLR). The RNC however only takes in unbalanced inputs. So how do I unbalance my connection so I can use these two peices of gear together?

Hey everyone,

I've just come into some money to upgrade my little home setup and I'm stuck as far as what to upgrade in order to achieve the best bang for the buck. Currently, I have:

PC (2.6Ghz P4, 2Gig memory, XP, 2 120 gig hard drives)
BLUE Baby Bottle Mic
Aardvark Q10
Cubase SX3
Sucky monitors (home theater stuff-Yamaha)

I want to make sure that I understand this correctly. .this might sound dumb.

OK I need some help.

The challenge I'm having here is finding a great sounding, versatile mic preamp for under $1k. I'd prefer a channel strip - but to find one of high quality under $1k may be difficult. Also, I'm fine with a single channel - but if there's a great item with 2 or more - that would great too. Anyone have any suggestions? Here are a few auctions that ended on eBay recently.

Hi..everybody...This is my first post in here.

Please let me introduce myself.

I am from China...I like euro dance music...I want to study how to mix music. so,I bought RME 9632 in 2004.

Now..I want to recording Vocal for dance music. so,I want to buy mic preamp.But, I don't know how to choise.( a lots of brands)

What do people think of the Sytek MPX-4Aii ?

What design does it use? And is it in a league above small console pre's? Would it considerably improve my sound if I was currently using the latter?