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fmr rnp is great, definetly worth checking out. also the rme quadmic is a nice four channel unit, same pres as the fireface. not the greatest pres in the world, but pretty damn good for the price per channel. id say the rnps are alittle nicer sounding. i read a pretty bad review of the brick somewhere(not quite sure where, but i remeber it being pretty credible), but i still want to hear it for myself. also the studio projects vtb1 is great for a hundred bucks. alot of people really like it(including me). check them out.moose209 said:
I can see that; it's definitely NOT a clean or uncolored preamp; it all comes down to whether you like its tone or not. I love it, but it's an extremely subjective thing. It's also so simple- just some jacks and one knob- that if you're not in love with its sound, then you'll find it nearly useless. Definitely worth checking out, though, to see if it suits you.unsilpauly said:
the tube blend is awesome on the vtb1. youll love it. especially for pod or other direct recording to hardisk. crank up the tube and it adds some life to the signal. direct bass recording is sweet with the vtb1. that tube blend makes it more versatile imho than any other cheap preamps on the market. i will probably at the very least buy one more of these things.Razorjack said:
i wouldnt say its clean, i mean how clean are you gonna get in a pre in that price range? it definetly has a vibe of its own which i like. if you want clean in that price range i bet the rane ms1 that james has praised would be the cleanest pre in the cheap range.A Gruesome Discovery said:
By "clean" I mean "not burdened by cheap quasi-tube distortion designed to make it sound like you have some sort of warmth to mask the general cheap sound" that plagues pres in this range... although the "tube drive" knob does kind of introduce just a tad of this phenomenon, though it's much better than that of other pres in this range. It's a neat effect, but not when layering lots of tracks. Turning that knob right down is the best setting for this pre IMO if you're going to use it on many tracks, and it gives you a crap-free solid-state signal which can be described not as "wholly transparent", but rather "free of awful, dark fuzziness". You're right that it definitely has a vibe of its own, so maybe "not filthy with buzzy dirt" is a better description than "clean".unsilpauly said:
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