Hi guys...so my question is this- (may sound really stupid)
my setup is the following- a Mackie CR1604 mixer to a dbx 266xl (compressor/limiter) in to my Digi002 console. I'm thinking of buying a 8channel preamp for my setup hoping it will make my sound a bit fatter/warm/etc...do you think it is a wise idea?

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.

Hi I'm planning buying another pre for my studio about $2000, i was wondering what sounds best aGreat River or a Focusrite red

Anyone have experience with both Focusrite's Platinum range preamps (Octopre, Voicemaster) and The Brick? How do they stack up? Has anyone compared The Brick to a VTB-1? (I assume at $100 the VTB-1 lands in that budget category of "sounds okay, but nothing special"). Any insight would be appreciated.

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.

Hello,

Im kind of new to the music production world, and I need some great advice.
I am building a DAW around a Pro Tools HD1 setup. I have a 192 I/O expanded interface, with 16 direct inputs.

I know that this might be a piece of cake for most of you pros out there but this is something that always keeps me wondering whenever i set the output volume of a preamp. My preamp has a gain and a level for each mic channel. what is the difference? how should i go about setting each of them cause it seems they are doing the same thing. I am sure I missing out something

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.

i just want a straight decent sounding console that i can use with pc based recording, forget right now about the a/d and d/a boxes i'll need, i was wondering if there's anything in the 3000 range, i want at least 25 faders 24 for the channels and 1 for the stereo bus, i want 24 mono inputs, has a control out with built in talkback mic, i mean theres got to be some thing,

thanks,