Hey fellas. I have a TLM 103 and I'm trying to find a really good Pre for it. I will be tracking Vocals and Acoustic Guitar. What would you match up with it and why? Dont think about $$$$. What pre do you think would make the mic sound the best. The TLM 103 capsule is designed off the Neumann U87. :D

Hi this is my first time post and after spending all day on the forum I've developed a quest. I appreciate any advice/comments.

On extremely tight budget (~400$) and was considering getting a recording unit like the Echo Gina 3G for recording guitars and mikes into my mix. I've also looked at other similar items ie Digidesign and Edirol products.

Hello

Hello,
The microphone input/the ability to record using the microphone at all with an integrated RealTek sound card in a Gateway pc appears to not be working - possibly due to some signal damage.

I see a lot of posts involving the "right" mic preamp, and I haven't seen any mention of Trident gear.

I know this topic comes up a lot, but I've been shopping around for a good microphone and a mic preamp. My budget is around $2,000 for everything, maybe a little more if I can stretch it.

I haven't been here in about a year and it is great to see many familiar names and lots of new ones too.

I have been looking into my signal path as it will be (hopefully) after Christmas time. Which led to looking at impedance matching and proper paths. (something I needed to better understand).

What your experience with it ?

In a comparison between the Gold Channel and others solid state preamps like 9098, api 512, or any Neve like 1081 or 1073, Focusrite red or isa, etc., in applications like male vocal tracking, do you think that the Gold Channel have equivalent performance ?
What the pros and cons ?

Thanx so much

I just purchased an AEA R84DJV (voice-over version) ribbon mic and discovered that my preamps cannot develop enough gain. Part of the problem is that I do softly spoken word recordings (medical hypnosis applications) and the quiet source needs lots of clean, quiet gain.

what are the advantages / disadvantages of using a stereo preamp versus using two mono preamps?

And what's "stereo-linking"?

Cheers