Andrew Gaydenko wrote:
>
> The aim is to record a vocal + an acoustic guitar in home studio. As for mics themselfs,
> a decision is done (it will be russian Oktava MK-219). Now, mic preamp must be selected.
> There are two "main streams" - tube preamps (ART TPS II, Nady TMP-2 and such in this
> price category). But there are "not-tube" variants also. The thing is, I don't know what
> to prefer. Thinking logically, it is worth to avoid any "tube excitations" because
> (I suggest) all "tube warmings" or such may be added, if needed, during a mastering.
Well, it would be nice if you could borrow the equipment and do some
comparisons. It's pretty hard to guess the results.
As an alternative, get a preamp that allows you to blend a tube input
stage and a solid state input stage and use variable proportions of
each. I've a Studio Projects VTB-1 :
http://www.studioprojectsusa.com/vtb1.html
It's reasonably good, it's about $120 online. You can tell it's not a
piece of equipment worth thousands of $$$, but for what I need it's OK.
Of course, you can always get a linear, solid state preamp such as the
FMR Audio RNP8380 (a.k.a. the Really Nice Preamp)...
http://www.fmraudio.com/RNP8380.htm
...and process the track with some kind of "tube filter" later. But
first make sure that the end result is indeed what you need - i.e., do
tests, listen carefully, compare, take notes.
-- Florin Andrei http://florin.myip.org/ _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@email-addr-hidden http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/linux-audio-userReceived on Sat May 12 04:15:04 2007
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