| Re: 8-Channel mic pre with summing for $550 [message #76974 is a reply to message #76972] |
Tue, 12 December 2006 12:05   |
Tony Benson
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Registered: June 2006
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Sorry, that would be "Grace" not Gracie. I guess I have a George Burns
complex.?
Tony
"Tony Benson" <tony@standinghampton.com> wrote in message
news:457ef177@linux...
> Well, like I said, the pre's on my 828MkII are decent. They're not Gracie,
> True Systems or Great River clean, but they're not junk either. Currently,
> I use them for my drum overheads, percussion, acoustic guitar, etc. I
> don't have a large collection of pre's and the others I have are all more
> "coloring". Assuming the pre's in this unit are at least equal or better,
> I'd say they be fine for a general, neutral sound. I have heard that MOTU
> was using some marketing hype and might be padding their gain specs, so
> you might want to investigate that if you want to use this pre with ribbon
> or other low output mics. I've never had any gain problems with my 828,
> but I'm only using the standard dynamic and condenser mics.
>
> Tony
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>
> "Neil" <IUOIU@OIU.com> wrote in message news:457eebbb$1@linux...
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>> Dang, I didn't notice that... that IS pretty cool!
>>
>> Anyone ever use MOTU pres? Are they decent?
>>
>> Neil
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>> "Tony Benson" <tony@standinghampton.com> wrote:
>>>It's also got two sets of lightpipe for up to 8 channels at 96KHz. That's
>>
>>>kind of cool.
>>>
>>>Tony
>>>
>>>
>>>"Tony Benson" <tony@standinghampton.com> wrote in message
>>>news:457ee87c$1@linux...
>>>> Lightpipe! 8 mic, line, instrument inputs, 8 lightpipe inputs, 8
>>>> lightpipe outputs, stereo line outputs plus headphone out. It also acts
>> as
>>>> an 8 analog input to 8 lightpipe output converter. It looks like an
>>>> 828MkII sans the SPDIF plus six more mic pre's. The pre's on my 828MkII
>>
>>>> are all around decent, clean, flat pre's. Not stellar by any means, but
>>
>>>> not crap either. Here's more detailed info if anyone's interested.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.motu.com/products/motuaudio/8pre/
>>>>
>>>> Tony
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Neil" <OIUOIU@OIU.com> wrote in message news:457ed87d$1@linux...
>>>>>
>>>>> "John" <no@no.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Just to be clear though the 16 ins are through firewire and NOT
>>>>>>through
>>>>> the
>>>>>>8 ins in the back. Right ?
>>>>>
>>>>> I have no idea - you'd probably have to call your favorite MOTU
>>>>> dealer & inquire.
>>>>>
>>>>> (although I don't see how you could get 16 total in's with only
>>>>> 8 physical inputs)
>>>>>
>>>>> Neil
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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