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Exactly.
The DI input acts as my line level. I love the Germanium.

This is the strangest thing... I've had the Ensemble for a year now and so far, everything has been sounding great, except there's a weird crackling noise that occurs when recording guitars and I can't quite figure it out. It's such an alarming discovery that even listening to older mixes, when solo...

Definitely an audio interface of some kind should top the list. You don't mention budget so we can go with low-mid level recommendations. Look into M-Audio, RME, there are plenty to choose from. You could also look into the new breed of affordable mixers with FW or USB capability. This way you get a...

Thanks for the reply and especially the tip on the Space Designer. Indeed I also eq the return, HP at about 300hz and LP at about 10khz, or sometimes engage the filter button on the SD's interface, which usually gives a better result on any given preset. I'll try the Dark Chamber setting, I've also ...

as an example of how much I love the DBA fuzz war. I wrote 3 songs last time I was in new york using my laptop and portable interface. All of them ended up having a casio run thru the fuzz war. It actually sounds epic, not cheezy. + 1 on any cheap Casio patched into some guitar pedals. It takes on ...

Anyone out there use it this way, be it tracking through it and committing or using the pedal as a send return with your console or DAW? Of course I'm specifically speaking in a non-guitar setup here, having the Holy Grail as your main reverb for say a vocal or snare track while mixing. I really lik...

You've all brought great points to all of this, most of them I was aware of (bigness on it's own vs. in the context of the mix, etc.), and I've finally found a great combination that put a lid on my issue, for now at least. SM7 one inch from the grill at 2 o'clock on the outer rim of the cone, and t...

Unfortunately I don't have another room to put the amp in, but I hear ya on the importance of what's coming through the monitors, post-converters. Good advice, and I just dug up my Owzinski book and looked into different setups, I think I might also give this a try, putting the mic behind the amp, l...

Oops, didn't realize there is somewhat of a similar recent thread, about getting a heavy guitar tone going direct. Good info there too...

Seems consoles are making somewhat of a comeback, and I'm all for it. I've never worked with a summing mixer but personally, I'd rather have a nice board and just call it a day. Even the ubiquitous 500 series, seems like a couple of new ones appear every week, and while the lunchbox format is popula...

I'm trying to stop the direct guitar recording thing and get better at capturing the tone of the amp but for the life of me, really having a difficult time translating what I hear in the room-->from the amp....into the computer. While the direct recording sounds ok at best, I'd rather improve on the...

I once had a Germanium, years ago when they first came out, had to sell it. It's years later and many a preamp have come out since then. I was recently in the market to buy a good single or dual channel pre to add to my setup (only pres I have are the Ensemble, clean, do-the-job, but boring). I cons...

calaverasgrandes wrote:I have a Mccain on one side and an Obama on the other. That way I get a great left right stereo field.

And I've got Palin right in the sweet spot.



















Even with the monitors turned off.

Turn off the internets for a while, you all might actually get some music done.

elan, I'm also somewhat new at incorporating outboard with Logic, I just acquired 2 dbx 160X's and for the moment, only tracking with them, mostly bass and vocals, with very minimal compression but it's making a big difference with how the track sits in the mix. I think I read somewhere that printin...