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I have to throw in my 2 cents here,the integrated RME fireface 800 preamps and speakers simulation is nothing but killer either for bass or guitar! it really sounds wonderful without having to buy x-tra hardware. The only thing i have to nag about the fireface 800 preamp soundcard is trying to play a DVD,it glitches like hell and ive tried just about everything,it won´t do it however when you play a downloaded film .mov .avi or audio.So i have to change my souncard preferences to the PCs sigmatel audio everytime i want to play a DVD.Or if u have a suggestion or solution please let me know! cheers Luis --- Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2-Jan-07, at 8:31 AM, margaret noble wrote: > > > Hello List, > > > > I recently purchased a cheap tube pre-amp by Art > for > > my autoharp. I couldn't believe because it seemed > to > > sound as good as if not better then my Presonus > > pre-amp (which has no tube). > > > Now, i have heard it to be widely accepted that > many > > prefer tubes because they create a warmer sound. > So i > > read a bit to see if i could understand why? > > > The Presonus is very good. I bought one many years > ago, based on > recommendations from colleges and reviews. I still > don't feel any > need to get something more modern, tubes or not. The > Presonus sounds > so good in pair with my AKG C 414 B-TL2 (the only > better set-up I've > tried was two borrowed Neuman U-69). I've used the > Presonus at live > concerts as well, playing sax close mic through it. > > Speaking about recording I have ran into two > particular situations > where a pre amp, as the Presonus, does not give me > the best result. > The first is when sampling analog synthesizers (to > build sample > instrument packages for sampler playback), where I > found out that you > achieve a more true sound by plugging the analog > synth output > directly into the recorder (computer audio > interface). The other > situation is when recording electric guitar for the > purpose of sound > design libraries that will ship to computer aided > producers. These > people tend to use software (Guitar Amp Pro, NI's > Guitar Rack etc > etc) to emulate amp and speaker cabinet, usually a > real loudspeaker's > sonic character caught as impulse response and > applied to the sound I > deliver. What I do then is to use a 50w tube amp > top, Sovtek mig-60 > (12AX7A tubes, similar in sound the Marshall Plexi) > but recording > directly from the line output instead of sticking a > mic to the cab. > By this method I get the harmonic overtone > distortion added by the > preamp tubes (making even clean sound more > "musical") so the user of > the sample library can run this recording through > the power amp and > speaker cabinet impulse response software of his own > choice. This > little 12AX roundtrip does a lot to the sound. > > > how would i know technically (besides listening) > if i > > have a SE tube or a PP tube from specs in my > manual > > that read "Tube Type: 12AX7A hand selected"? > > I don't dare even trying to answer that. I always > listen and fell > fully confident with making my decision based on how > different gear > sounds. But there are also other aspects on gear, > besides how it > sounds. Even though I love the tube sound of my > Sovtek I prefer to > use a little solid state combo, Gallien-Krüger with > two 10" speakers, > when I play electric guitar live, simply because its > faster response > time. > > Greetings from Sweden > > Per Boysen > www.boysen.se (Swedish) > www.looproom.com (international) > http://tinyurl.com/fauvm (podcast) > http://www.myspace.com/looproom > > > > www.myspace.com/luisangulocom __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com