In most home studios, you've got to stick to a budget. There's always a lot of debate between engineers on where money is best spent: microphone preamps or converters.
Most audio interfaces come with decent preamps and converters, but many engineers choose to go well above and beyond the on-board equipment. While in a perfect, budget-free world, we wouldn't have to choose on which to spend the most on, most of us on a budget have to.
So, which do you think is more important? Are on-board preamps and converters getting good enough, or are you finding that even moderately-priced preamps are an improvement? Should a new engineer focus on the best preamps and on-board converters, or go all-out and add expensive conversion? I'd love to hear from you!
Most audio interfaces come with decent preamps and converters, but many engineers choose to go well above and beyond the on-board equipment. While in a perfect, budget-free world, we wouldn't have to choose on which to spend the most on, most of us on a budget have to.
So, which do you think is more important? Are on-board preamps and converters getting good enough, or are you finding that even moderately-priced preamps are an improvement? Should a new engineer focus on the best preamps and on-board converters, or go all-out and add expensive conversion? I'd love to hear from you!
Comments
Go ahead and spend a couple of bucks on a pre-amp. I cant speak for the convertors, that I havnt worked with much, but I guarentee you that if you spend just a couple more bucks on a pre-amp you will be astonished.
Even though I have a Focusrite Sapphire Pro 24 DSP, I still run my Blue Mic Spark through a Presonus Studio Channel Strip and it sounds awesome.