Outolintu
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Posted : Jan 2, 2012 14:21:29
i'm checking out some preamps at the moment.
haven't had much experience with them before so i thought to ask for some recommendations.
at the moment i'm leaning towards tube preamps rather than solid state preamps because i like the warmer and personal sound my main focus is on sound and component quality rather than a wide range of different processing options (no all-in-one processing tools).
i was thinking that my budget would be around 500€ until i came across this beauty:
http://www.uaudio.com/hardware/mic-preamps/solo-610.html
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Posted : Jan 2, 2012 14:56
a preamp for recording what ? the uad 610 can sound very colored and smouth ,no experience with it but i already heard it on some recordings ,it s can sound round and phat. i suspect it s a bit slow so maybe not good for punchy sounds unless you want to smooth them but it s just speculation.
worht a try cause the coloration can sound really nice to me...depend tastes
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Posted : Jan 2, 2012 16:20
if it s just for coloring and you want all sort of tube color the culture vulture is a good candidate
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Posted : Jan 2, 2012 17:15
for recording almost anything! but mainly synths, e-bass, el. guitar and vocals.
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On 2012-01-02 16:20, PoM wrote:
the culture vulture is a good candidate
quoting myself:
"my budget would be around 500€"
the culture vulture is around 1500€! "no one ever sweats on a plug-in" -moby
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Posted : Jan 2, 2012 17:49
yeah second hand maybe, have seen some go for less than 1000 dollars .
do you want to use preamps for synths?
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Posted : Jan 3, 2012 01:50
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On 2012-01-02 17:49, PoM wrote:
do you want to use preamps for synths?
yes and no. i want to buy ONE preamp that i can use mostly for instruments mentioned above and vocals.
i think it'd be interesting to use it on synths too f.e. the nordlead and also some analog stuff with weaker signals.
is there a problem, officer? "no one ever sweats on a plug-in" -moby
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Posted : Jan 3, 2012 03:20
sometimes i should read with more caution haha , no problem ! if you get it share your impression
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Posted : Jan 3, 2012 11:04
has anybody experience with
UA SOLO 610
or the following
AVALON U5 MONO
AUDIENT MICO
FOCUSRITE ISA ONE ANALOG
TRUE SYSTEMS PT2-500
ART PRO CHANNEL
TL AUDIO 5050 IVORY II
?
would be nice to hear some opinions/experiences...
"no one ever sweats on a plug-in" -moby
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Posted : Jan 3, 2012 11:29
I had the TLAudio 5051 in Uni and compared it right next to the Joemeek VC1Qcs which I ended up getting. The 12AX7 valves are not the best thing around (although you could change them for something better) but the TLAudio Ivory range works on 120Volt rails and the signal to noise ratio was not great. The Blue series (VP I think they are called) sounded much better as they worked on 240Volt rails, but they were also much more expensive.
From internet hear'say the Avalon ones are very transparent, ART Pro have some haters and the UA are generally favoured, especially the UA LA 610.
Search some threads on Gearslutz, there are people with massive studios on there and you'll find a lot more hands on opinions than on here.
I have a friend's studio with the AMS Neve 1073 which is stereo and absolutely brilliant, as is its price...2000euros+....I could build a new Livewire modular with that cash...
As much as I would like to have a great sounding pre, I can think of other things that will have a greater positive impact on my music right now, so its out of my budget... for now...
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Posted : Jan 3, 2012 13:31
thanks for the reply. so it seems the only thing worth considering around 500€ is the 700€ UA SOLO 610 quality preamps start at around 1500€ and upwards. i'm perhaps better off buying a cheap (50-150€) preamp to get started and start saving for a UA LA 610 or the likes... thomann has got a interesting bundle that incl. a UAD-2 satellite duo core with the LA 610.
http://www.thomann.de/fi/universal_audio_la610_mkii_uad2_sat_duo_bdl.htm"no one ever sweats on a plug-in" -moby
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Posted : Jan 3, 2012 15:02
Yeah I saw that Thomann deal, weird as they also sell the LA610 at the same price, so they basically offer the Duo for free!
I would not get a cheap pre-amp to be honest. Search around Ebay, you should find something good for 500euros.
http://soundcloud.com/martianarts
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Posted : Jan 5, 2012 01:11
just stumbled upon the bass buddy:
http://www.philjonesbass.com/pjbdirect/product_info.php?products_id=39 my e-bass actually started the whole search for a preamp. perhaps i should just focus on that and go for a bass amp.
decisions, decisions...
"no one ever sweats on a plug-in" -moby
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