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comments on MBOX's pre's...

Post by mtsince77 » Thu Apr 29, 2004 9:52 pm

does anyone have any comments about digidesign's MBOX's mic pre's (positive or negative) considering the price. i have heard a wide range of opinions and figure the more the better. thanks

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Re: comments on MBOX's pre's...

Post by fingers » Fri Apr 30, 2004 6:09 am

I don't have much experience of high end gear - but for the money i think they are pretty cool. It's a very portable way of getting some pro sounding audio into your computer.

Tip: I have found that disconnecting the mains on my powerbook lowers the noise floor while recording with the mbox...

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Re: comments on MBOX's pre's...

Post by Current Resistance » Fri Apr 30, 2004 4:08 pm

The focusrites on the Mbox are good for the money.

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Re: comments on MBOX's pre's...

Post by mtsince77 » Tue May 04, 2004 3:44 pm

Tip: I have found that disconnecting the mains on my powerbook lowers the noise floor while recording with the mbox...

Please explain???

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Post by @?,*???&? » Tue May 04, 2004 5:54 pm

mtsince77 wrote:does anyone have any comments about digidesign's MBOX's mic pre's (positive or negative) considering the price. i have heard a wide range of opinions and figure the more the better. thanks
They sound fine.

My question to you is how many preamps have you heard?

What you need is something to amplify a high impedance, low level signal. The Mbox does that. Start making music. Bad art is simply bad art- regardless of what it sounds like...

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Re: comments on MBOX's pre's...

Post by jca83 » Wed May 05, 2004 4:23 pm

Jeff Robinson wrote:Start making music. Bad art is simply bad art- regardless of what it sounds like...
my hero.


on topic...
i've got the mbox. i think the focusrites are pretty good. they're clear, as in, they don't do anything to what you put in. i think if used properly, you can put what you hear acoustically into protools. the only thing i don't really like is their headroom. it's a little low, but you can just keep turning it down.. i think it's also a problem with protools. but hey. just turn it down.

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Re: comments on MBOX's pre's...

Post by mtsince77 » Wed May 05, 2004 10:13 pm

"My question to you is how many preamps have you heard?"

plenty, but not the focusrite's in the mbox. does this question really bother you?

and it's not MY bad art that would be created. it's for doing overdubbs on sessions that basics were done on other PT sysytems and was wondering the quality for the price.

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Re: comments on MBOX's pre's...

Post by Himali » Thu May 06, 2004 3:13 am

Hi yah

Better than than the digi 001's to my ear.

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Re: comments on MBOX's pre's...

Post by fillmoresound » Thu May 06, 2004 12:14 pm

they sound like cheap preamps.

however, i've used mine for recording drums, vox, flute on a recent session. they sound crisp, but a little thin on the high-end compared to a lot of better quality pre's.

for the money, its a good purchase.

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Re: comments on MBOX's pre's...

Post by mtsince77 » Sun May 09, 2004 11:47 pm

thanks for all your help.

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Re: comments on MBOX's pre's...

Post by moogplayer » Mon May 10, 2004 10:34 am

Will the mbox XLR inputs accept line-level +4db signals without problems???

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Re: comments on MBOX's pre's...

Post by fillmoresound » Thu May 27, 2004 4:17 pm

yup, it will handle +4 - just plug em in.

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