Any suggestions?
I currently have the RME card and Genelec monitors, which I am pretty happy with, they made my mixing experience a whole lot easier and better. Because we Finns usually get assraped in prices, think same price in dollars. And I am not looking second hand stuff, but to buy this stuff new. But what I need is:
2 CH PREAMP
I already have the one channel SPL Track One on my portable rack which rocks for vocals, but now I need a good 2 channel preamp for my homestudio. The 8 channel SM Pro Audio PR8E I have pretty much sucks balls, each channel sounds different and the noise to signal ratio is pretty lousy and the input gain control is really unreliable.
Requirements:
- 2 channels
- a rackmodel or half rackunit (there is still half an unit free next to my RME)
- 1-2U in height
- preferrably as transparent as possible, but tubeamps are okay too
- must have a compressor, an eq and pad would be a bonus
- somewhere between 400-800 pricerange
A BETTER GUITAR
I currently have two and they both suck. I think I will go and sell them off and buy a better one.
Requirements:
- I prefer Les Paul -type guitars
- Passive pickups preferred because I hate to rely on batteries
- Somewhere between 600-1000
LARGE DIAPHRAGM CONDENSER MIC
I have two handheld mics, but I would rather get something decent for vocals, but I think Neumann U87 is really overhyped. When we compared it to C414 at the university, the difference was really really subtle. I did hear that the the t.bone SCT-800 is a Neumann clone, any experiences on them?
Requirements:
- Pad, hipass-filter and selectable pattern would be nice (omni, 8, cardioid etc)
- It would be nice if they were available in matched pairs
- Somewhere between 200-800 a piece
I currently have the RME card and Genelec monitors, which I am pretty happy with, they made my mixing experience a whole lot easier and better. Because we Finns usually get assraped in prices, think same price in dollars. And I am not looking second hand stuff, but to buy this stuff new. But what I need is:
2 CH PREAMP
I already have the one channel SPL Track One on my portable rack which rocks for vocals, but now I need a good 2 channel preamp for my homestudio. The 8 channel SM Pro Audio PR8E I have pretty much sucks balls, each channel sounds different and the noise to signal ratio is pretty lousy and the input gain control is really unreliable.
Requirements:
- 2 channels
- a rackmodel or half rackunit (there is still half an unit free next to my RME)
- 1-2U in height
- preferrably as transparent as possible, but tubeamps are okay too
- must have a compressor, an eq and pad would be a bonus
- somewhere between 400-800 pricerange
A BETTER GUITAR
I currently have two and they both suck. I think I will go and sell them off and buy a better one.
Requirements:
- I prefer Les Paul -type guitars
- Passive pickups preferred because I hate to rely on batteries
- Somewhere between 600-1000
LARGE DIAPHRAGM CONDENSER MIC
I have two handheld mics, but I would rather get something decent for vocals, but I think Neumann U87 is really overhyped. When we compared it to C414 at the university, the difference was really really subtle. I did hear that the the t.bone SCT-800 is a Neumann clone, any experiences on them?
Requirements:
- Pad, hipass-filter and selectable pattern would be nice (omni, 8, cardioid etc)
- It would be nice if they were available in matched pairs
- Somewhere between 200-800 a piece