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#433656 - 11/08/03 03:25 PM Selecting a mic preamp...please help!
RockerBoy101
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I am a productions manager at a college radio station and we (the station) are interested in buying a new mic preamp for recording to hard disk (DAW). I have been looking at the Focusrite Platinum series preamps (with compressors and all) to buy for recording (mostly) vocals. However, I am at a lost as to reading most of the specs provided by the Focusrite company’s website. Can anyone give me some help as to what is I should look for in a pro-sumer preamp?

Also, I do not understand what I should look for in the spec sheets. What is good and what is bad [in quality].

Any help will be appreciated. Thank you.
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#433657 - 11/08/03 04:20 PM Re: Selecting a mic preamp...please help!
Bill@Welcome Home Studios
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Originally posted by RockerBoy101:
I am a productions manager at a college radio station and we (the station) are interested in buying a new mic preamp for recording to hard disk (DAW). I have been looking at the Focusrite Platinum series preamps (with compressors and all) to buy for recording (mostly) vocals. However, I am at a lost as to reading most of the specs provided by the Focusrite company’s website. Can anyone give me some help as to what is I should look for in a pro-sumer preamp?

Also, I do not understand what I should look for in the spec sheets. What is good and what is bad [in quality].

Any help will be appreciated. Thank you.
Look at John Hardy mic pres. A goo dplace to start.... clean, clear, not too expensive, not too cheap. Another option might be the Midas XL-42. Similar price range, with 2 channels, eq, and some warmth.

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#433658 - 11/09/03 07:28 PM Re: Selecting a mic preamp...please help!
adebar
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I have been looking at the Focusrite Platinum series preamps (with compressors and all) to buy for recording (mostly) vocals.
A preamp with compressor, limiter, de-esser, EQ and an optional AD converter mainly developed as front end for DAWs is the Channel One from SPL.
http://www.spl-usa.com/Channel_One/in_short.html

Especially the EQ and compressor parameters are optimized for vocals.

For less money look at the Track One.
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#433659 - 11/11/03 11:43 AM Re: Selecting a mic preamp...please help!
Zeke Smith.
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Spec sheets won't help you much. Listening to and twiddling with the units in question will help you a lot. Forming a relationship with someone who has some experience with this will also help you a lot.

In the lower-line channel strip category, I have yet to hear a "magic bullet" whose sound belies it's price. They're mostly a step up from typical Mackie preamps, but I haven't found one yet that shines above the others in the same category.
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