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Old 20th June 2009   #7
B.Rupe
Gear Head
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Richmond VA
Posts: 50

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Originally Posted by groove9028 View Post
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!
I run a RFT Telefunken AK47 through a UA 2-610 all the time and I dont notice it being "tubey". But then, at 52, I suppose most of the music I grew up with was recorded with a lot of tube gear, and the sonic qualities sound "normal" to me.
I suppose it depends on what you like/
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