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Originally Posted by Guitar Zero  The ensemble and the duet have the same converters. |
many apologies for misspeaking. was working on an ad-16 / rosetta 200 for da... and man, that really does something, even to a cheap pre-sonus tube pre. the entire top end opened up going through the apogee ad-16 vs. the firewire 410 or duet. the signal becomes much clearer and the vocal (and everything else) sits better in the mix with a better converter and clock... more detailed, warmer, more top end. i figured, mistakenly, that an ensemble was a step up from the duet, but the converters and clock are the same -- only difference is that you get more pres and can record at a higher sample rate (but i've never recorded anything above 96!).
+2 on the aurora gtq-2 pre. chandlers are also fat and nice and warm and colored. dakings are brighter and punchier. all just opinions. as everyone always says on here -- try to demo some mics and some pres if you can and find which sounds work best for you.
