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groove9028 · 19th June 2009

Title says it all,

I'm in the process of acquiring more sophisticated equipment.

I'm running a "Dave Thomas" AA CM-12 as my main mic. The mic being a tube mic, is a tube preamp just gonna mud up my signal? Or should i run it directly through my Alesis iO14 which some people on several forums say, it's got a pretty good mic pre built it.

Some of the tube pre's i was looking at were the more cheaper of the bunch.

Studio Projects VTB-1
Electro-Harmonix 12AY7 Mic Pre
ART MP Tube Preamp

Don't judge me too hard now. I know my setup looks cheap.

Y'all know that we acquire all the great gear over time, not all at once!

19th June 2009	#1
groove9028 Gear interested Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3 Thread Starter	Running a TUBE MIC thorugh a TUBE PRE necessary? Title says it all, I'm in the process of acquiring more sophisticated equipment. I'm running a "Dave Thomas" AA CM-12 as my main mic. The mic being a tube mic, is a tube preamp just gonna mud up my signal? Or should i run it directly through my Alesis iO14 which some people on several forums say, it's got a pretty good mic pre built it. Some of the tube pre's i was looking at were the more cheaper of the bunch. Studio Projects VTB-1 Electro-Harmonix 12AY7 Mic Pre ART MP Tube Preamp Don't judge me too hard now. I know my setup looks cheap. Y'all know that we acquire all the great gear over time, not all at once!