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On Sat, December 22, 2012 1:16 pm, Ralf Mardorf wrote:

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> On Sat, 2012-12-22 at 13:00 -0800, Len Ovens wrote:

>> I also have a tube pre made by ART that has more control.

>

> When I was a friend of Dirk Brauner and I worked for his manufactory (we

> are from the same school, played in the same bands, before he falls out

> with our clique), we recommended the elCheapo ART tube devices. They are

> used by professional studios, in combination with the VM1. At least the

> old ART tube thingy, I guess it's from the 90s, isn't a toy, it's a very

> good pre amp.

Mine is an ART USBDualTubePre. I got it as a USB IF for my netbook. but it

has s/pdif out at 24bit that I pump into my D66 (the USB is only 16bit).

It sounds nicer than the Mackie preamps. I run as a hobby so things are

low end. The mic that goes with it is an AT2020. It sounds way better than

any of my dynamics, but I would guess it would hardly be called "pro". So

I have 6 inputs, but the reality is that I would likely never use them

all. Most of the time one input is enough... If I am recording an external

synth it might be two. At one time, when I was using 8track tape, I would

sync off of track 8 to a qx5 (sequencer) and mix synths and drums live.

Now it seems CPU power is cheaper than more inputs and the softsynths are

pretty nice. I still like the DX7 keyboard though. It feels nice to me,

but then I am not a piano player :)
--

Len Ovens

www.OvenWerks.net
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