Can anyone recommend a made-in-usa mic-pre?
Can anyone recommend a made-in-usa mic-pre?
I've been using Firepod over the years. Thought it might be good to add a solid tube mic-pre before the firepod... but not sure if it's doable... Is there a good us/europe-made product? Please share your thoughts! Thanx.
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a hamptone tube pre should do it. you can save cash if you build it. http://www.hamptone.com/hvtp2_info.html
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A friend of mine makes a particularly nice preamp. He builds them right here in the USA. Don't be shy, give him a call. www.audiotechnologies.com. If you want to go vintage, the Altec 438 has a great preamp and varimu compressor in one box.
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I was going to recommend that one. It's a totally great pre and kind of a dark horse. Not many people know about them. His compressor is totally fantastic, too.RM wrote:A friend of mine makes a particularly nice preamp. He builds them right here in the USA. Don't be shy, give him a call. www.audiotechnologies.com.
There's always the Manley Dual Mono. That's a pretty great tube preamp made in California.
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Whoa, that looks rad. Do you know how much the TMA2 goes for?cgarges wrote:I was going to recommend that one. It's a totally great pre and kind of a dark horse. Not many people know about them. His compressor is totally fantastic, too.RM wrote:A friend of mine makes a particularly nice preamp. He builds them right here in the USA. Don't be shy, give him a call. www.audiotechnologies.com.
There's always the Manley Dual Mono. That's a pretty great tube preamp made in California.
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This vendor is selling the TMA 2+ for $2800.subbots wrote:Whoa, that looks rad. Do you know how much the TMA2 goes for?cgarges wrote:I was going to recommend that one. It's a totally great pre and kind of a dark horse. Not many people know about them. His compressor is totally fantastic, too.RM wrote:A friend of mine makes a particularly nice preamp. He builds them right here in the USA. Don't be shy, give him a call. www.audiotechnologies.com.
There's always the Manley Dual Mono. That's a pretty great tube preamp made in California.
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My budget is barely one fourth of that... How do you compare that with the Manley Dual Mono and the Grace M101?eh91311 wrote:This vendor is selling the TMA 2+ for $2800.subbots wrote:Whoa, that looks rad. Do you know how much the TMA2 goes for?cgarges wrote:I was going to recommend that one. It's a totally great pre and kind of a dark horse. Not many people know about them. His compressor is totally fantastic, too.RM wrote:A friend of mine makes a particularly nice preamp. He builds them right here in the USA. Don't be shy, give him a call. www.audiotechnologies.com.
There's always the Manley Dual Mono. That's a pretty great tube preamp made in California.
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I haven't used the Grace M101 (I didn't realize they made any tube equipment), but the TMA is a very hi-fi sort of preamp. It's along the lines of the Tube Tech-- very clean and clear, but a "big" sort of sound. It's VERY different from the Manley, which is also clean and clear, but with a bit more of a "classic" tube preamp sound that doesn't overload as easily as, say, a V72.subbots wrote:My budget is barely one fourth of that... How do you compare that with the Manley Dual Mono and the Grace M101?
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I haven't used the Grace, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't have a tube. It also is spoken of as being really fast, clean etc. A lot of people seem to like them.
In my studio I use Sytek, API, Great River, and Chandler pres. I really like all of them. The Sytek's are the cheapest. You can get 4 channels used for six or seven hundred bucks. This is also not tube.
What do you feel a tube pre will help you accomplish that a solid state will not?
In my studio I use Sytek, API, Great River, and Chandler pres. I really like all of them. The Sytek's are the cheapest. You can get 4 channels used for six or seven hundred bucks. This is also not tube.
What do you feel a tube pre will help you accomplish that a solid state will not?
The TMA2 has both trim and gain so you can drive the hell out of the input and dial back on the output. At mix, I often use it as a drum parallel (running into the di inputs on the front panel). It distorts really nicely, when abused. I bet you could chat with him regarding budget concerns. He's super cool about accommodating peoples' budgets.
Chris, He just finished a pretty involved tweak on that compressor that turns it into a monster!
Chris, He just finished a pretty involved tweak on that compressor that turns it into a monster!
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