Do Expensive Preamps Make Your Audio SOUND Better?
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- Опубліковано 16 чер 2022
- Miami takes you through the ins and outs of what makes each of the legendary preamps popular, as well as gives sound examples to back it up.
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Honestly, you could have told me all the audio clips are exactly the same file and I would have believed you. I couldn't hear any difference between any of them.
The U.S. Men’s Olympic Sprinting coach once famously said “I can’t make you fast… but I can make you faster.” I think pres are the same… they won’t make you a good engineer or mixer, but if you’re already good, they can make you better.
A preamp is supposed to amplify a signal. Technically speaking, nowadays entry level preamps do that very well. The preamps that add some flavor are signal modifiers. As said on Neumann's website, if you want a recording that is true to the source, use an SDC, if you want it bigger than life, use an LDC, which is technically speaking not as good. Aren't there plugins able to modify a clean recorded signal into any of the hardware preamps ?
Your Germanium picture is not the preamp!
UA 6176 for vocals, RND Shelfords for everything else.
Neve for vocals, API for everything else!
Buzz Audio.
the Neve & Chandler sound DRASTICALLY different.
I find the difference between Neve / Chandler and the more neutral ones quite dramatic, even on built-in MacBook speakers. Hard to believe it's actually the same source. SSL and Audient sound almost painful with that guitar. Good shootout man - thanks!
From what I’m hearing, the neve has this nice mid range that makes the track sound less busy but in a pleasing way and is usually the type of mid range I’m looking for. In the shootout with the germanium i noticed the germanium adds this low end that I’m actually very used to in my tracks but I’m slowly starting not to like anymore. Thanks for this!
Neve 1073
Dood, you provide the most informative real info of anyone I've seen...Great job!
Thank you for showcasing the Audient pres. My ID44 gets great results (only gripe being their low speaker and HP output). I use a Warm Audio Tone Beast and it's very versatile. Oh yeah and again, sick vocals brother!
Hysterical! He said I’m “pretty amped” - I love it
I used to have the API... loved it, especially on drums, bass, and guitars...and synth bass. That Chandler sounds amazing to me in your example.
yeah im finna end up binge watching this channel. Great job man 🤝
Another great video, Miami! Keep them coming!
I enjoyed the video. A thin ambient guitar with a bunch of effects, though, might not have been the best choice for demonstrating the capabilities of these preamps or for making comparisons. I have the SSL Alpha and the Daking Mic Pre-ii (the rackmounted one with two channels) and I agree, they're both super nice. I would put as a similarly nice pre as the Universal Audio 610 (which I used to have) and the Universal Audio 710 (I have the 4-710d which gives four channels and has ADAT). I found the UA610 to be a "character" preamp, and just found the four channels of the 710 (with the "twinfinity" solid state / tube blending) to get me similarly close to the 610 while allowing greater flexibility - and the four channels with the ADAT made it a clear winner for which one to keep. Every now and again, I think, "Geez... I should really get a 1073" and then I look at what I have, and wonder how much of a difference it would really make to my end product.
Nice, I could hear the differences clearly compared to other videos. And yeah, the SSL sounds a bit smoother (SSL claimed it's similar to the 4000 E). It's not always my preferred choice but I like that you can keep it clean or add color with the VHD knob (2nd- to 3rd-harmonic distortion) and by raising the input. Part of its cost is also the HPF, EQ, limiter, insert options and converter of course. I also like that you can simultaneously record the EQ'd and unaffected signal, in case of. The EQ (SSL says it's from the 4000 G stereo channels) sounds slightly different from my SSL channel strip plugins. The high end is less harsh, a bit more airy, and adding low end to a bass sounds slightly bigger. I've used it a few times during mixing when it was closer to the sound that I was looking for.
Great video. Informative and captivating.