HI,
All the while, I recorded my vocal & instruments like guitar directly from the Mics (condenser & dynamic) to the Audio Interface.

The Alta Moda AM-30 is a fully discrete, class A transformer-less design unlike any other preamp on the market. Clean at lower settings, the AM-30 can be pushed and smoothly over-driven where other preamps would harshly clip. The AM-30’s high headroom and DI input make it ideal to warm up previously recorded tracks or loops.

Now I got to a store and tried a few preamps and my jaw dropped on this one. It was the best affordable sounding preamp ever ! Did I get you going ? Really ?

I'm a DJ, well more like mp3J, and recently I tried using the USB out on my laptop to send the signal instead of the 1/8" soundblaster headphone jack.

I read the BEHRINGER SRC 2496 is surprisingly a good unit for AD conversion even if it's Behringer and at a low price.

I doubt it is as good as a Lavry AD converter but how about compared to a used Lucid 2496 AD converter ?

For start, I don't like Behringer , but at that price.. It makes you wonder... ;)

Dear Friends

Please forgive me, i'm new to this forum, sol maybe this thread discussed before.
I'm experimenting with a diy mic preamp, based on AMEK 9098 mic preamp schematic.
I'd like to know, is there a good/reasonable method to set the input variable capacitor and the two trimpots(LOW/HIGH CMRR TRIM)?
On the attached schematic the parts: VC1,VR14,VR15.

Hi everyone, I hope this is the appropriate forum for this.

With the proliferation of cheap starved-plate tube gear I'm finding it hard to track down a decent affordable solid state 2-channel mic preamp. As much as I regret letting go of my SX202 it wouldn't satisfy my current needs. Does anyone know of something decent under $300 with an internal power supply (no wall wart) in a 1RU chassis (no rack trays or accessory rack ears needed)?

Look at this gem!

This is not part of a mic shootout. Just a few dry clean samples for reference on the internet.

This grouping has mostly samples of the Cathedral Pipes Regensburg Dom, Neumann tlm102 mics, and the lindell audio 6x-500, Vintech 573, bla b12a, and electro harmonics 12ay7 tube pre (w/now rca tubes) preamps.

There's no compression/plugs/normalizing on any of the tracks.