Hello experts,

I recently bought an Mbox 2 and want to buy a condenser mic to record vocals. Im wondering if I absolutely need to get a preamp to work with condenser mics.

Cant I just choose to work with the built in preamps from the mbox?

Thank you!

Is it really necessary to connect a mic through a preamp first if a dbx 106A is next in line in the chain? I'm just recording guitar and vocals for home demos. I know an Avalon preamp would sound great but I don't have money to burn. I really don't want to buy an Audio Buddy either if it's not gonna be noticeable if I connect straight into a dbx 160A.

Hi!

I have a problem that I could not resolve during a long period of time.

I have 2 Shure KSM 109 mics that are connected to M-audio DMP3 preamp.
Preamp is connected to PC sound card.

I'm looking for a preamp which is low on the noise and won't bust my budget. I appreciate any suggestions.
This would be used for recording.

thanks,
ed

My apologies if this is "old hat" for the pros in here. I just wanted to share this for anyone who wants to adapt this to their own home studio.

I am always looking for ways to make new sounds. This trick is nothing more than splitting a mic signal and passing it through both a tube and xsistor preamp and recording in the DAW on two tracks.

So this is what I have done:

You need a preamp to amplify the signal from your microphone before you can use it.

I would like to build Neve 1073, SSL & API sounding mic preamps and would like to know the best places to get kits or schematics & bills of materials and instructions etc...Please advise and please be gentle I'm new here! lol

My buddy let me use his Avalon sp737 for a couple of months.
The way i have i connected is as follows...
Mic/XLR-->Avalon/XLR-->MOTU Mic/Guitar#1/XLR W/fantom power off and trimzero..
Is this correct or should i be going thru the analoge TRS Line/input 1 in rear?

Here is another quality boutique company that is making some fine pro audio gear. http://www.gordonau… Gordon Microphone Preamplifier System

This is a very basic question, but I was just wondering how high to set the preamp for recording vox and guitar. I've heard set it as close to clipping without it clipping and elsewhere I've heard to keep it low and just use the compression later. I use compression either way, so what's the consensus on this?