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| Gear interested Join Date: Nov 2008
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Thread Starter | the best pre Ok now i only have about 800 to spend. I was looking at the UA Solo/610, focusrite ISA one, summit audio 2BA-221, ART Voice Channel...well the list goes on really. But on this type of budget am I looking at the right stuff? Anything in particular that i should look at? It'll be used to record guitar, bass, most likely vocals, and maybe some other things. Any particular favorites out there? Help me out, let me know what you think. |
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| Gear Head Join Date: Nov 2008
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Boca Raton, FL
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| pre choices... For $800 budget, I say go with the ISAone, but if you want to be able to add in the future, get a Lunchbox and get a Brent Averill 312a. It's close to the 512, but a little faster transients. This way you'll have power, but when you want to add another pre, you can choose from the gazillions of 500 series forma factor pre's out there. Obviously the API 512c should be a nice contender since it sounds amazing on almost anything, but the new Burl pre's are amazing, it's just that they're like $899 each. Check them out. For now I recommend a lunchbox which you should be able to find for like $400 ebay and then get either the API 512C or a Brent Averill 312A. It seems like a bigger expense now, but it'll be worth it later, trust me... Hope that helps....
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| Gear Guru Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: S.Carolina
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__________________ Don't Fu*k with my Tone !!!. I need a spell check app ![]() API~ Dan Alexander~ Fuchs~ John Hardy ~JLM ~Studer 089 Fuchs Amps = Amazing Tone !! | |
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| Gear Guru Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Orygun
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| Add the Safesound P1 to your list to look at - the dynamics control and headphone monitoring make it a useful piece of gear.... -tINY |
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| Gear addict | what about the daking pre? |
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| Lives for gear | Maybe I just got REALLY lucky, but I got a Manley Dual Mono Pre for $800. It might help to know what's already in the pot before we just throw in more onions and garlic. |
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| Gear interested Join Date: Nov 2008
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Thread Starter | The lunchbox was a great idea especially for my budget so i can build it up as time goes on. I assume you can get other companies equipment and insert it in there? Do a lot of companies make that style of equipment? |
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Houston, Texas
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| Yes, a lot of companies make 500 series equipment. There is a whole industry of products. |
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: calgary canada
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| I am going to sound like a broken record here (I have posted this advice before) but if you are good with a soldering iron, a good option if you are planning to expand are the Seventh Circle Audio kits. The chassis (which fits up to 8 pres), power supply, and 1 kit will set you back less than $700 and you can add as you desire. I currently have 2 A12 (API type) and 4 N72 (Neve type) pres and I really like them. They get used on everything I record and were a big step up from my ART pro tube channel, and also the Focusrite that I used to use. Night and day in fact. Suddenly my drums had that extra something. |
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Scottsdale, AZ.
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| You really need to explain the kind of tone and style you're going for. Otherwise, you will get a million responses that are irrelevant to you because people are just going to list what works for their style (or, more often, what they happened to buy and have not actually compared to anything else). For instance, folks might say the 610 is their favorite for guitar. Well, maybe they like their guitars smooth and you wanted a shimmering top end, which the 610 does not deliver. Be cautious about taking advice from people who have no idea what you want. |
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: calgary canada
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Houston, Texas
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| No, they have their own proprietary system (chasis, Power supply). |
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