Focusrite ISA 220 - "A good piece of gear with many features"
This is a microphone pre-amp channel, which includes the pre-amp as well as compression, de-essing, and EQ. It's got a lot more features than your average mic preamp. The pre-amp itself has a phantom…
BAE Audio 1272 - "Great Recreation of a Neve Classic!"
This is a remodeling of a classic Neve 1272 solid-state preamp. You don't need to be an expert recording engineer to know that a Neve 1272 is one of the best preamps ever made, as it's been ubiquitou…
BAE Audio 1028 - moosers's review
The Brent Averill 1028 is a single channel microphone preamplifier designed for use in professional recording studios. The 1028 has the same preamp as a Neve 1073, with slightly more options as far …
BAE Audio 1073 DMP - moosers's review
The Brent Averill DMP (desktop microphone preamplifer) is essentially a Neve 1073 in a box. It’s perfect for at home recording and anywhere where you might not have a console or too many external mi…
Mackie Onyx 800R - moosers's review
The Mackie Onyx-800R is a set of eight microphone preamplifiers. It comes in a single space rack mountable casing and also features digital outputs. Each of the eight preamps has it's own XLR input…
Daking Mic-Pre IV - "Fantastic new mic pre!"
This is a 4- channel solid state microphone pre amp that is made by Daking. While not as well-known as a API or SSL, they are certainly a quality company on par with those two. This mic pre is a perf…
A-designs EM-red - moosers's review
The A-Designs EM-Red is a 500 series microphone preamp that is part of A-Design's line of mic preamps. There are a few others that are different colors both in sound and look. The B room at the stu…
A-designs EM-blue - moosers's review
The A-Designs EM-Blue is a 500 series microphone preamp that is part of A-Designs line of different colored 500 series preamps. The B room at the studio that I work at has a rack with a few differen…
A-designs EM-silver - moosers's review
The A-Designs EM-Silver is a single channel microphone preamp for 500 series style rack casings. A-Designs has a whole line of different colored (both visually and sounding) 500 series mic preamps. …
Shiny Box SI 500 Series - moosers's review
The Shiny Box SI 500 Series Mic Preamp is a simple device that can only be used in 500 Series/Lunchbox style rack casings. Like all 500 series modules, it doesn't have any of it's own connections or…
Neve 1057 - moosers's review
The Neve 1057 is a somewhat obscure channel strip taken from a vintage Neve console. I should say off the bat that I don’t know very much about the 1057 modules, as I’ve only used them on a single r…
Rane MS 1b - moosers's review
The Rane MS 1 is a single channel microphone preamplifier for use in the recording studio. It's a simple preamp, coming in a unique casing that doesn't take up much space even though it's not tradit…
API Audio 212L - moosers's review
The API Audio 212L is a mini microphone preamplifier that is a module for a 200 series rack casing. The 200 series rack is a smaller, less popular version of the incredibly popular 500 series casing…
Inward Connections MP 820 - moosers's review
The Inward Connections MP 820 is a microphone preamplifier that is little known but has a huge sound and is up there with the best sound preamps that I've used. You can't really buy these in too man…
Scully 280 - moosers's review
The Scully 280 is a microphone preamp that is originally found in a tape machine. I don't know the year that these are from, but they're pretty old from what I can tell. We've got a set of these pr…
