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Published on 07/30/12 at 15:5012AX7WA a lamp for the input gain (which gives the drive)
12AX7WA a lamp output.
4entrées instrument (guitar, Rhodes, keyboards) on the front.
4entrées 4sorties and XLR on the rear.
UTILIZATION
Easy to use because there are few parameters ... but not necessarily easy to solve: there is such as to drive an LED, it's a little "Cheap"
SOUND QUALITY
I use it with KM184, an RodeNT2, the SM58, I then enters a compressor BSSaudio DPR404, and finally into a multifaceted RME sound card.
For miking acoustic guitar with pickups, ç'est not bad at all,
the sound seems easy to find, quite natural, balanced, workable.
For voice, I sometimes get really successful catches (a sound close and hot) and some days I take the plant completely (too much drive, not clear ...). Generally, I avoid the maximum preamp drive with this because I think 12AX7wa lamps are not made for that.
OVERALL OPINION
To summarize, what attracts me in this preamp, the ç'est 4tranches in one machine; for stereo plugs (piano) + voice or guitar.
What I like is that it can do its work constructively by providing little more presence and warmth ... but, paradoxically, it is sometimes difficult to tame, and if so, does the opposite, then I have to look far to make it discreet.
What I dislike is that it is not very reliable, I already send it back because I had "FFfrrrfffrrr" ... and he returned in exactly the same state
12AX7WA a lamp output.
4entrées instrument (guitar, Rhodes, keyboards) on the front.
4entrées 4sorties and XLR on the rear.
UTILIZATION
Easy to use because there are few parameters ... but not necessarily easy to solve: there is such as to drive an LED, it's a little "Cheap"
SOUND QUALITY
I use it with KM184, an RodeNT2, the SM58, I then enters a compressor BSSaudio DPR404, and finally into a multifaceted RME sound card.
For miking acoustic guitar with pickups, ç'est not bad at all,
the sound seems easy to find, quite natural, balanced, workable.
For voice, I sometimes get really successful catches (a sound close and hot) and some days I take the plant completely (too much drive, not clear ...). Generally, I avoid the maximum preamp drive with this because I think 12AX7wa lamps are not made for that.
OVERALL OPINION
To summarize, what attracts me in this preamp, the ç'est 4tranches in one machine; for stereo plugs (piano) + voice or guitar.
What I like is that it can do its work constructively by providing little more presence and warmth ... but, paradoxically, it is sometimes difficult to tame, and if so, does the opposite, then I have to look far to make it discreet.
What I dislike is that it is not very reliable, I already send it back because I had "FFfrrrfffrrr" ... and he returned in exactly the same state