Supposing one had about $1000 to spend on a preamp (preferably 8 channels), what would you recommend?

Hi everyone,

I have a stand-alone DAW. I have no way of bypassing the built-in preamp, so if I buy a vtb-1 or an RNP (or both), won't the signal still get noisy and colored by the preamp in my DAW? Or will turning the gain all the way down fix this?

Hi, a guy at a shop has recommended the above preamp to pair with my RODE Classic II mic, for mainly vocal recordings, but also as an addition to my studio - any comments?

Micky.

I need some opinions! I have a pretty good mic cabinet consisting of:

BLUE modified Neumann UM-57 (sounds better than a stock 67, though not as good as a 47)
Audio-Technica 4060, 4033
ADK Area 51TT, Area 51 TC
Pair of Sennheiser 441's
Pair of SM57's
Pair of Oktava MC012's
CAD Equitech 100

My preamps consist of:

hi there,
i need a preamp in front of my ad-converter.
ich have the rme-multiface and do the mix in my Cubase in realtime. but there is the need of a analog-like headroom like from a mackie-console. direct converted it sounds not so fat espescially the bass-sounds.
i need it mainly for my synth so not a mic preamp and 8 chanels.

Hello all, this is my first post here. Please excuse my ignorance.

I am about to get my first outboard mic preamp (I think a PreSonus MP20 used at GC for $300). How do I run the signal into my mixer without going through the board pres? My mixer has balanced line ins, but they are pre-preamp. It also has inserts.

I am thinking of buying an FMR RNP and was wondering how you would direct monitor with it.(I have a 49 ms latency issue)I noticed that the new Focusrite has "Real Time,latency free,stereo monitoring".Can this be done with any mic preamp? Thanks in advance-I know I'll get the most pro answer here! Peace, Barefoot

Hi there... I just bought a Edax Preamp and wanted to give you a review since I haven't seen anything about these anywere.

Ok Cost:$600 And the sound I compared to a Focusrite RED (the 4 channel Version), and I was pretty impressed with the sound, very close to the Focusrite and the Manley. It has very Retro look... Excellent sound.

What is that makes a good mic preamp? There's such a large range to choose from. Starting at a 100 dollars/pounds to many thousands of dollars/pounds. I assume low noise and distortion are a major consideration, but even the relatively cheap ones seem pretty good at that. I've never had the chance to play with an expensive piece of kit.