cascade pre's for more gain on cascade fathead

randrohe · Post by **randrohe** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 4:38 am

Hello all,
I will be receiving a fathead ribbon soon. The preamps I have available are a motu ultralite and 8pre, both w/ 60db of gain, a digimax fs w/ 55 db of gain, and a studio projects vtb.
From what I have read, I am going to need more gain/higher impedence than any of these offer..
Is it possible or advisable to run one pre into another? I see the Rode powerplug offers +20 gain, but are 100$ a pop. Any thoughts?
Yes, I am quite new to all of this. Thanks for your thoughts,RANd

leftofthedial · Post by **leftofthedial** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:45 am

I have no issues with cascading 2 mic pres together, but I have found that the makeup gain on a decent compressor supplements a pre-amp nicely if the pre-amp runs out of gain on a particular low source. Usually anywhere from 6db to 12db of usuable gain depending on the compressor model.

markmeat · Post by **markmeat** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:20 am

55 to 60 I've found is plenty of gain for a Fathead unless it's just a terribly quiet source... you should be in good shape with what you've got.

randrohe · Post by **randrohe** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:48 pm

SWWEEEEET!!! ...They will be here tomorrow night. I'm super stoked!!
thanks for the replies,Rand

emrr · Post by **emrr** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:34 am

you may cut some vocals that need 70ish dB and the line amp in any of your comps should be fine for the difference. The various little 20 dB inline booster pre's being marketed have poor noise specs, and are best avoided for this purpose; do it after the main preamp with a line amp.

randrohe · Post by **randrohe** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:07 pm

Thanks for the advice... I think the ups driver has taken them home tonite to cut some tracks as they were scheduled for delivery, but no brown van yet :(

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