Im looking for a set of stero pre's. Right now im going from my mixer to M-box. im looking to spend less than a $1000 and would prefer digital outs. I was looking at the focusrite twintrak pro, but in this price range should I just go for an Onyx mixer as im using a behringer MX2004A right now. Would the Onyx pre's be nicer than the M- box's? I make pop/hiphop/rnb music and use an mpc, asr10, proteus, and micron.
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Hey yeah I"m thinking of picking up one of those RNPs,
I don't have any good stereo mic pres at the moment. I'm just using the preamps on a Behringer Mixer 16channel sucker that i got abotu a year ago ... I imagine these are considered pretty dodgy.
I have a FMR RNC compressor already - but I seldom use it to be honest.
I just don't do use compression when I'm tracking - shoud i be?
I would first buy a good A/D. An used Apogee Rosetta A/D would go for about $500 used. You would get a very good clock and converter that would improve your sound a lot. I have an older Presonus MP20 Stereo mic pre that sounds real nice. That is about $500 new but I would look for an older model used that has the Jensen transformer. The Apogee Rosetta would be the best money you will spend. The MP20 is nice for the money.
damn, i think this was my first post, if anyone does care i upgraded my mixer with an A&H Mixwizzard and my A/D with an old Rosetta and my sound improved 10fold. next is the D/A but first i want to do some treatment on my room.