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Deej [1]
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Registered: January 2006
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I'm demo'ing one of the new Anthony DeMaria/Presonus ADL 600 preamps here. I
used it on a vocal session tonight. This thing reminds me of my first time
behind the wheel of a 1968 Camaro Z28/302 V8. The thing is soooo fast and
torquey.....absolutely massive amounts of gain available. It was sort of a
glued to the seat (or the clip LED) experience to get this thing under
control for the initial level check. I couldn't believe how sensitive and
powerful this pre was. Once I rethought my gain staging, it was very smooth,
big and open. I can see how this could take ribbon mics into whole new
realm. It wouldn't even breathe hard with a 77DX, I'm sure. It ws very easy
to stand 10 feet away from the mic in the room with the mic settings at
12:00 and have an extremely hot signal when speaking at normal levels. A
closer look revealed that 12:00 settings, though only half the available
gain, are really sending some signal out of this thing. The only ribbon I
have here is a NADY RSM2 at the moment. Not the most stellar example of a
ribbon mic, but great on fiddles and guitar cabs (my primary use for it)
I'll be giving it a spin soon. Tonight I mic'ed a femme vocalist with the SE
Gemini through this preamp.
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She's used to working in the big studios on the big toys in LA and NYC. She
was completely floored by the Gemini (I didn't tell her how much it cost
;o). I had to be really careful with it on this preamp due to the
sensitivity and low level detail of the mic and the incredibly fast rise
time of the ADL 600, but the result was wonderful. This is a big, heavy
tube preamp with 600V rails and vents all over it and cooling fins on the
back panel. This preamp seemed to increase the audible frequency range of
the mic. There were comparisons made tonight by folks at the session who
have some pretty extensive experience with the AKG C12 and the ELAM 251.
I've got very little experience with these old mics so I wouldn't know. What
I do know is that depending on how the preamp was gainstaged and the
impedance was set, the timbre of the signal through the mic could change
pretty noticably and I didn't dial in anything that sounded bad to my ears.
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I can't wait to try this preamp on some other mics. I've got a fairly decent
rack of high end pre's here and I thought I was set for life as far as
preamps go. Now I'm not so sure.
Deej
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