multi pre buying time

[joeymusicguy]

i need a pre to hook up lots of unimportant tracks (toms, triggers)

i have a digi 192 i/o with 16 analog ins (8 taken up with high end pre's right now)

what do you guys suggest i do? should i go with a digital pre digital into 192?

suggestions? i would prefer 8 channels

 

[Seth Munson]

if they are unimportant, why not just buy some cheap shit that gets the job done?

 

[[UEAK]Clowd]

that shitty behringer ada8000 thing should do the trick, no?

 

[joeymusicguy]

well i have SOME standards here, guys

i mean i expect to spend at least a grand

i dont want something shitty, but im not trying to hook up triggers to a buntch of api's

in other words, i wanna be able to use the tracks if i need to.

 

[[UEAK]Clowd]

I'm not a big presonus fan, but I have used the digimax lt and it is definitely usable - nothing spectacular but it will get the job done, especially for unimportant tracks.

ps - you forgot to respond to my PM. (lol)

 

[joeymusicguy]

I'm not a big presonus fan, but I have used the digimax lt and it is definitely usable - nothing spectacular but it will get the job done, especially for unimportant tracks.

ps - you forgot to respond to my PM. (lol)

getting to it. five days late om a release and my hours are filled with :

getting the right gear to record my major label release debut in a few weeks
making back tracks for bands on tour RIGHT NOW
turning in this master that's late (mixing the last 3 songs RIGHT NOW, due in the morning)
recording a plea for purging
and mixing a cover song for fearless compilation

i want to check it out and get back with you but im busy as fart right now haha. so it'll be a week or two

 

[Wolfeman]

I would recommend the Digimax FS. It really isn't bad at all, and has a ton of options on it. Decent pres, decent converters, and each channel has an insert point. Also has balanced outs, which can be sent to whatever.

Well worth the money. Mine has worked flawless so far.

 

[drew_drummer]

Get a profire and hook it up over adat. Keep your 8 other analog in's for future high-end pre-dom.

 

[Lasse Lammert]

clearly focusrite octopre LE (with digital option)

preamps sound better than the RME ones and it's really cheap.

 

[joeymusicguy]

clearly focusrite octopre LE (with digital option)

preamps sound better than the RME ones and it's really cheap.

http://www.sweetwater.com/c664--Focusrite--Multi_Channel_Preamps

eh?

 

[Lasse Lammert]

http://www.thomann.de/gb/focusrite_octopre_le_adat_bundle.htm

 

[JeffTD]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Focusrite-Octop...emQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item20b053aefa

Jesus, that's a deal and a half!

 

[colonel kurtz]

for some reason, i suspect the octopre would pretty much be a sidestep of the 800r...

 

[joeymusicguy]

for some reason, i suspect the octopre would pretty much be a sidestep of the 800r...

yeah im not sure about it...

the other focusrite pre's look ok but i really dont know still

 

[Lasse Lammert]

I've done several shootouts agains the RME preamps...the Focusrite came out on top every single time (there should be one or two of those tests floating about on this board as well)

 

[drew_drummer]

http://www.thomann.de/gb/focusrite_octopre_le_adat_bundle.htm

Fuck, that's a pretty good deal!

 

[Wolfeman]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Focusrite-Octop...emQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item20b053aefa

Jesus, that's a deal and a half!

Yeah even with the missing power supply.

I might jump on this, as I need something for triggers, and I think this will be way better than the ADA8000 I was going to buy....

 

[MetalJonesy]

great deal on that octopre LE!!

 

[crillemannen]

clearly focusrite octopre LE (with digital option)

preamps sound better than the RME ones and it's really cheap.

+ 1, Thats what i use when i run out of Spider power

 

[AboutBlank]

Yeah, the Octopre is pretty cool, but keep in mind that he's not a silent one.

The aerator is def. audible.