did the sunset sound studio in actuality use the bill putnam 610? on their website it says it was a langevin (am-4 i assume.)

i know there are a couple of other historic tube consoles that were used around this time, i think altec is one, obviously ampex. helios? MCI? what are the model names for these big dogs?

I just bought an ART Tube MP Studio V3 preamp, and am plugging it into the "line in" input on my computer. It just came in yesterday, and for the ten minutes I had to play with it I was Micing my acoustic guitar. I got a great signal. Today I plugged my electric guitar directly into it, and it was barely giving me any gain.

Hi i heard from someone if i got a tube preamp for my AT4033CL it would make a world of a difference. I got the mic for $200 so I'm not looking at spending a lot. Im running the mic into an Alesis firewire Multimix, so I'm sure anything will be better. This mic will be used generally for vocals

thanks!

I have had this ART Pro Channel in my studio for years now and I would like to breath some new life into it. I ordered and installed Ei 12AX7 Elites and TungSol 12AX7 [ NEW PRODUCTION] tubes only to find that both had issues. The Ei's had +17 dB noisefloor over baseline factory tube. The TungSol tube has a bad harmonic distortion at about 300hz.

Does anyone have any experience with these? I've heard good things about them but am starting to get very skeptical about all this pro-sumer recording gear.

In short I recently bought a Firebox and have now realized that is has pretty wimpy pres... I'm thinking the TubePre might be a quick/cheap fix for me until I can afford a soundcard in a higher price range.

Thx

I've always preferred recordings that have used LD Tube Condensers for drum overheads...whether it be U67's or C12's...expensive taste I know, it's a flaw.

I know it's always an outrageous thing to do in any aspect of life to say 'give me this mic's sound for $x.xx'.

I'm curious - is it common to replace tubes in mic preamps (before they burn out)? And does it actually make a lick of a difference?

i record melodic death metal and i need a good amp. kinda similar to in flames colony-clayman era (and somewhat their newest album), i think they use a peavey but I'm unsure of the model? like what sounds really clean, high gain, but not a dead mess of fuzz? (please dont say marshall..)

RemyRad has been helping me on this. I have done some more experimenting.

what exactly is the mesa tube diode channel break down. they have tons of tubes in them but which channel uses what. and I'm familiar with the multi-watt function in some of the amps. but does anyone know?