Hi all, I'm in the process of getting the big picture together of what I would need for a home studio. I'm sure you all get this type of question all the time so I tried to break it down and give you specifics of what I'm asking. I would like to have the ability to record live, and still edit afterward, none of that one-track-at-a-time crap.

we intend to buy MOTU 896HD it has eight mic preamps. are they not good enough to record vocals and acoustic guitars through cabinets micing. because we don't have money to buy a seperate mic preamp amp. we thought that this sound card would be sufficient to record our music.
our music sound required is pop rock. but mainly guitar oriented.

Wondering if anyone has any tips on mic preamp's and direct boxes. specifically, if i can use a good mic preamp (tube perhaps) to function as a direct box as well, and vice versa.

recording analog to tape.

Thanks!

Hi there

hi i was thinking about getting some preamps.

at first i thought, maybe i should buy neve's, and then i changed my mind and thought that i should buy some vintage api 312's. but after careful consideration, i considered buying the Neve clones by xyz manufacturer. if i don't get those i was thinking about getting the api clones by another manufacturer.

my budget is ~$200

Hey guys,

Im trying to figure out where to toss some money into. I did a preamp shoot out with some different preamps.. some more expensive.. some crap. And found subtle differences depending on what the source was. Would buying nicer preamps (nicer then a digi002 stock) help more as to everything i record pretty pretty much running through them?

I have $1500.00 the area in which I lack most in my studio (home studio)
Is a high end vocal mic or preamp, my main mic now is a RODE NT1 and a PreSonus pre, if you had the money what would you get? a U87 vox mic or a high end pre, I am not knowledgeable in this area I just know my vox arent up to par with the rest of the recordings, I use a 4X4 vocal booth,

I'm looking at these and wanted some input. Grace design 101 vs gt brick vs summit audio 2ba-221. I know thats kind of all over the place but what I'm looking for needs to be a.) fairly versatile b.) different sounding than my firefaces preamps c.) a worthwhile step up in sound quality from the preamps in the rme.

I was wondering if anybody knows anything about a rnae fmi 14 preamp. Curious if these are any good. Can't find much info on google and searching this site gives me nothing. TIA

i was woundering is using a preamp essenstial? whats the difference between plugging a mic directly to a board and using a pre? its been jogging my mind. everyone always says you gotta use a pre. i agree but would it accually make what your Micing sound better?