Having headroom to spare without worring overly much about input overload
> has become a bit of an issue.
>
> I've got a TL Audio 2001 4 channel preamp that sounds *really* nice, but one
> channel is going south (I think there is a problem with the voltage feeding
> one of the IC's on channel 2 because this same one keeps crapping out).
> Also, this preamp just doesn't have the headroom on the input that I need. I
> am thinking about getting it fixed and just plugging LP's into each input
> channel. This would probably work OK, but I am finding that in these
> balls-to-the-wall tracking sessions, one undependable and/or weak link can
> really be a PITA when I've got 16-18 hot mics and I'm trying to run a
> session solo.
>
> Locating a source of distortion in the middle of a take and attenuating
> tweaking the preamp while trying to keep my head wrapped around everything
> else that's going on, like sneaky musicians grabbing the mics and moving
> them around so they are getting a sound in their cans that *they* like
> without asking me to fix it at the board, for instance is enough to make a
> guy crazy when he's trying to ride herd on all of it.
>
> I'm thinking about getting a Sytek or maybe another Forssell JMP-6 or Great
> River MP4. I've either used these, or am familiar with them and they are all
> majorly nice preamps. The Sytek especially is a major bang-for-the-buck
> item, but I've also been wondering about a John Hardy 4 channel, True
> Precision 8, Focusrite 428 and a Focusrite RED 1. I'm looking for
> transparency/true to the source rather than color.
>
> I'll be getting a small chunk o' change soon from a production I'm doing
> here. Anyone ever used any of the aforementioned pre's?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Deej
>
>
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Deej,