My first and last Mic pre question

[HardRockBottom]

As of Now I own the following pres.

Avalon ad 2022 ( my clean pre with cool impedance switching.)
Avalon 737 ( hip Hop clients require this, and the eq is clean)
Chandler Tg2 (no explanation needed.)

Anyways I am at a point where I need to upgrade the rest of my pres to outboard instead of my board pres. These pres would be used on toms, outside of kick, and maybe for room\overheads.
Should i just get more channels of the tg2, or go with BA apis, and a chandler ltd-1. S of now my drums are recorded with tg2 and the ad2022 altering between kick/ snare and ovberheads, and the 737 on outside of kick , or mono room mic, and the rest are run by mackies. What pres would youn get , and what would you use on each drum. Thanks in advance, although I know there is no best answer. I am simply trying to get my brain to think alittle before I drop the cash.

[brownmouse]

i personally wouldn't get more of the same channels. i think variety is best. my top list contains...
cranesong flamingo
pendulum mdp-1
martech mss-1
dw fearn
the list goes on.... but i'd definitely go with another 'flavor'
good luck,
joshua

[Mike Tholen]

TAB-Funkenwerk's V72s would be worth looking into. You may have to wait a while as there is a waiting list but are surely worth the wait.
Everyone here knows how much I love them.
www.tab-funkenwerk.com

[logichead]

If your budget is stretched, the PreSonus M80 is worth a consideration. Very solid sounding, in-yo-face vibe (as opposed to transparent and hi-fi), 8 channels for under 2k. No bells and whistles (unlike the rest of the PreSonus line), but great for almost everything. I think you can even swap out components to *voice* channels differently. I haven't bothered yet.

I also have a 737 and an Amek CIB - they get used first for vocals and acoustic instruments, but the M80 works great with guitar and bass amps - better than the other two for this application.

Definitely better than the Mackies, but not quite up to a Neve.

I have been hearing that the Apogee MiniMP is supposed to be great, but I haven't tried one yet. I suspect they are the more transparent sort of pre.

You can't have too many...H

[HardRockBottom]

As far as budget goes Im not to stressed on t. Just not looking to spend more than like 1000 per channel. I havent had a chance to hear the v72's but alot of people are talking about them. my freidn have me leaning twards 4 channels of api.

[kwhatx]

The API 3124 is another one to consider. That's probably the one your friend is talking about. It does a great job on drums as well as other sources. Try to audition as many different units as you can and see what floats your boat.

Good luck.

[genericperson]

neve and api mic pres are favorites for drums. worth looking into.

[Dot]

I agree that an API 3124 would be a great move at this point.

[Beech]

Another vote for the 3124+. Everyone should have one. It's sooo cool on drums and guitars, even acoustics. An added bonus is that with the M option it becomes a 4 into 2 mixer.

[manning1]

the aforementiond pre's are very nice but
as an alternative, you can build a nice discreet mic pre for about 10 bucks in parts , nice and clean . what i do is then muckaround with the components to see what "colours" i can get out of it.
an experimental song i did is" everybody asks me for a love song"
at soundclick.com/bmanning. the vocal is pretty forward to give an idea of how far you can get with 10 buck of parts.there are lots of schematics on the web.

[biggator6]

What kind of mic did you use on that vocal? and what other processing?

"-)

[manning1]

that song came about because so many women complained
to me noone writes love songs anymore.
no special processing. just normal track cleaning up.
i have lots of mics from 5 dollar on up.
it was done in about half an hour. probably an akg.