For those who are wondering how are those devices are named? In south Cambridge UK, Newton is a small village 5 minutes away from Little Shelford, where Neve had a small factory some decades ago, before moving to Melbourn. Other surrounding villages are: Foxton, Sawston, Harston, Hauxton... So I won't be surprised if upcoming products are named after those villages.
Lots of saturation my friend. You can literally pin it red 😂 and still sound good. Saturation is natural compression. Just like Brice Sweeden used to say: compression is for kids 😂😂 . . .
@niozikpro5812 facts! Lol I've been playing with it more and now I've fine tuned it for my vocals. Compressor on but not even Compressing. Definitely red silk though.
Any answer to this would be subjective but we can discuss the facts. Audio interface manufacturers work to hit a price point for each of their products. Sometimes certain components are favored over others based on marketing and what customers find important. Generally speaking, a standalone, hardware microphone preamp or channel strip, especially at this price with such engineering legacy behind it, will contain higher quality components and result in a better sound (again subjective). There is a reason why top engineers own several different hardware preamps. They are purpose-built with love and lend their own character to the recording.
@@AnwaarAliOfficial that's interesting. Remember that everything from the actual microphone to the cables to the converters in the audio interface can also affect tone and clarity.
It is better yes. Mainly because of the transformer. The transformers make it easy for the recorded material to sit nicely along with other material. Make it easy to eq. And ultimately, you can mix through this preamp and get a glued sound like no compression can. And remember, everytime you run things through this it is important to drive them into red. That is how you get that round sound without digital harshness. I woul buy these things any time of the day. Just makes recording, mixing and mastering way easier. Also, cannot stress enough how I stopped buying plugind when I started using class A stuff with transformers ie analog.
For those who are wondering how are those devices are named? In south Cambridge UK, Newton is a small village 5 minutes away from Little Shelford, where Neve had a small factory some decades ago, before moving to Melbourn. Other surrounding villages are: Foxton, Sawston, Harston, Hauxton... So I won't be surprised if upcoming products are named after those villages.
This is a great master class from Jonathan Pines.Thank you!!!!
Great video! Will you be doing an in depth interview with Jonathan about the Shelford Channel?
In this video he does explain the differences @17:35 but we will keep this suggestion in mind for if/when we get Jonathan back into the studio.
I've had this thing since the end of last year, and I still don't know what it's capable of lol.
Lots of saturation my friend. You can literally pin it red 😂 and still sound good. Saturation is natural compression. Just like Brice Sweeden used to say: compression is for kids 😂😂 . . .
@niozikpro5812 facts! Lol I've been playing with it more and now I've fine tuned it for my vocals. Compressor on but not even Compressing. Definitely red silk though.
Does it sound better than the preamps on an audio interface?
Any answer to this would be subjective but we can discuss the facts. Audio interface manufacturers work to hit a price point for each of their products. Sometimes certain components are favored over others based on marketing and what customers find important. Generally speaking, a standalone, hardware microphone preamp or channel strip, especially at this price with such engineering legacy behind it, will contain higher quality components and result in a better sound (again subjective). There is a reason why top engineers own several different hardware preamps. They are purpose-built with love and lend their own character to the recording.
@Johnbanthony I watched another video of this preamp and vocals sounded too harsh dry to me for a preamp that costs over 2k.
@Johnbanthony I want a preamp that will give me this type of vocal tone,
ua-cam.com/video/KHEI8enwBeA/v-deo.htmlsi=3wOz5YtPIv4Hhwet
@@AnwaarAliOfficial that's interesting. Remember that everything from the actual microphone to the cables to the converters in the audio interface can also affect tone and clarity.
It is better yes. Mainly because of the transformer. The transformers make it easy for the recorded material to sit nicely along with other material. Make it easy to eq.
And ultimately, you can mix through this preamp and get a glued sound like no compression can.
And remember, everytime you run things through this it is important to drive them into red. That is how you get that round sound without digital harshness.
I woul buy these things any time of the day. Just makes recording, mixing and mastering way easier.
Also, cannot stress enough how I stopped buying plugind when I started using class A stuff with transformers ie analog.