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Originally Posted by changeng  BOWIE is the man - pm him - I've recently tried to buy tubes on ebay to save a few $$$, but so far the results have been very spotty. GE's are nice, but a little blah to me. Valvo 12AX7 and push the tube - it's a very sparkly tube - the RCA 12AX7 comes pretty close and may be cheaper (and maybe a little more bottom too). anything lower in gain (12at, 12 au) will just make you push the volume knob more, bringing up hiss in the unit.
What has worked brilliantly for me lately as a "set and forget" setting for vocal mic condensers is the preamp knob at 2:00 and the gain knob at 10:00, with the pad in and no impedance boost. Takes all the spittiness out of the preamp and for louder sung notes, it kicks the tube gain in a little, giving it a touch of sparkle - it stays pretty clean otherwise. For ribbons and dynamics I just boost the preamp knob.
Stuart |
Thanks again. All good to know. I finally found a couple of other places I'd talked to and I'll check with Bowie as well. What mic(s) do you like best with it? I've got those pairs I mentioned, plus pairs of AT4050's, 3035's, a 3060, Oktavamod NT2A's, E200's, an SM7B and a few more. I just need to try em and see when I can actually get a good singer over here. They're not falling out of the sky around here though, so I'm forced to track instruments most of the time. Got a few guys who call themselves singers....you know how that goes..