I have a friend that has like....ZERO money. He's only 17 and has no job, he really focuses on school, and he's a great kid. He's my friend's brother, that's how I know him. Over the past two years or so I've helped him do a lot of shit, like helped him buy an amp and a guitar, taught him a lot of stuff on guitar, etc. Now...his brother is pretty good, I'm better than him...but...this guy is now better than his brother after only playing a couple of years as oppsed to his older brother playing for like 10 years.
Anyway. He wants to start learning how to record stuff. He comes over and hangs out here at the studio frequently when we're doing mixes and editing and shit like that and he picks up what he can, but there's nothing like doing it yourself. Plus without doing it himself all the stuff he sees me and my boss do behind the helm here doesn't help him too much, yanno? His birthday is coming up and I was going to buy him a mic pre and a mic, can't decide between the SM57 and a i5. His brother has a SoundCraft mixer, like a little 4 channel one, it's actually really decent for being a budget mixer, as is all SoundCraft stuff. And he has a Delta1010LT. So They have stuff to get from the mixer into the computer. But not a decent pre to record guitars and vocals with.
The only thing I could think of was the MobilePre that I have...but the pre's aren't anything great at all, and I mostly use it for line-in purposes with my PODxt, and that's just when I forget to bring home my 002R.
What I want to know is, what is a good cheap ass mic pre, like the ART stuff or the M-Audio DMP3, or the Presonus BlueTube/BlueTube Dual path, or the Studio Project VTB-1....etc. Something that would work mainly for mic'ing up a guitar amp, but also works well for vocals because he does a lot of death metal and he happens to be pretty good at those vocals as well. Something to run straight into the little mixer they have...or straight into the Delta1010LT, either way. You know, something that is cheap, but that should cost more than they ask for it. So, any ideas?
~006
Anyway. He wants to start learning how to record stuff. He comes over and hangs out here at the studio frequently when we're doing mixes and editing and shit like that and he picks up what he can, but there's nothing like doing it yourself. Plus without doing it himself all the stuff he sees me and my boss do behind the helm here doesn't help him too much, yanno? His birthday is coming up and I was going to buy him a mic pre and a mic, can't decide between the SM57 and a i5. His brother has a SoundCraft mixer, like a little 4 channel one, it's actually really decent for being a budget mixer, as is all SoundCraft stuff. And he has a Delta1010LT. So They have stuff to get from the mixer into the computer. But not a decent pre to record guitars and vocals with.
The only thing I could think of was the MobilePre that I have...but the pre's aren't anything great at all, and I mostly use it for line-in purposes with my PODxt, and that's just when I forget to bring home my 002R.
What I want to know is, what is a good cheap ass mic pre, like the ART stuff or the M-Audio DMP3, or the Presonus BlueTube/BlueTube Dual path, or the Studio Project VTB-1....etc. Something that would work mainly for mic'ing up a guitar amp, but also works well for vocals because he does a lot of death metal and he happens to be pretty good at those vocals as well. Something to run straight into the little mixer they have...or straight into the Delta1010LT, either way. You know, something that is cheap, but that should cost more than they ask for it. So, any ideas?
~006
