I upgraded my USB capture device to a Mackie. Is there any point to my tube mic pre?

[thefyn]

I upgraded my M-Audio USB fast track to a Mackie blackjack with Onyx pres. What benefit (if any) will I have using the studio projects tube pre in front of it?

I hardly ever use the tube option on my pre (I have it set to solid state). So why have it in the chain? I no longer need it for phantom power.

I don't have great cables (planet waves) so I presume I should keep it simple to try and preserve my signal. If I can fault my recordings, the first thing is they always sounded a little blankety. So I am trying to avoid that in the future.

 

[egan.]

The obvious answer is hook it up and listen.

 

[Sloan]

Crank it to get some nasty distortion.

 

[thefyn]

The obvious answer is hook it up and listen.

You can answer every question on this board with that answer. I could have the mic in a poor position, a bad room etc that would sway me...

I want to know what the general pro consensus is when you mic up a cab.

Are tube pres almost always used before it gets to the recording device?

Guitar --- OD (optional pedals)----amp ----- cab --- SM57 ---- tube pre ---- recording device pre.

Is that what usually goes down? Is blending in a little bit of the tube pre something that most pro recording studios do?

 

[greyskull]

Honestly not a whole lot... If that thing runs off a wall wart; the tube is not really doing anything.
Easy guitarist (I am one) trap to fall into." Oh it's got tubes in it! it MUST be better " All my favourite high end pre's I've ever used have been solid state; I.e Neve, Great River, API, Chandler etc etc etc. and unless you can line straight in bypassing your built in pres, it's kinda pointless

 

[MindMunch]

You can answer every question on this board with that answer. I could have the mic in a poor position, a bad room etc that would sway me...

I want to know what the general pro consensus is when you mic up a cab.

Actually the general pro consensus is "hook it up and listen".

Are tube pres almost always used before it gets to the recording device?

No.