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Unkle Bonehead
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Joined: 17 Aug 2007
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Location: Williamston, MI |
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Hey Brandon, very cool forums! This is the question I emailed you before your time off. I figured this would be a good place for it. So here it is....
Problem-My vocal sucks ass. I'm using a shure PG58 going into my old 4 track that I'm using as my interface into the pc (into the line input) My sound card is stock, so I am only getting 16 bits. I'm looking at a preamp or standalone compressor or a combination. Like one from ART that has a built in compressor/limiter. Obviously if I upgrade sound card and get a preamp my vocals will improve.
My question-I cant afford both at the same time, which one would be the biggest improvement the preamp or sound card?
Thanks
Ryan
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Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:48 am |
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metalshoppodcast
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Joined: 03 Aug 2007
Posts: 11
Location: Bloomington, Indiana |
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| Unkle Bonehead wrote: | Hey Brandon, very cool forums! This is the question I emailed you before your time off. I figured this would be a good place for it. So here it is....
Problem-My vocal sucks ass. I'm using a shure PG58 going into my old 4 track that I'm using as my interface into the pc (into the line input) My sound card is stock, so I am only getting 16 bits. I'm looking at a preamp or standalone compressor or a combination. Like one from ART that has a built in compressor/limiter. Obviously if I upgrade sound card and get a preamp my vocals will improve.
My question-I cant afford both at the same time, which one would be the biggest improvement the preamp or sound card?
Thanks
Ryan |
To answer your question, let me explain my set up.
Shure PG57
BOSS BR 532
1 RCA to 1/8" miniplug Cable ran directly into the stock soundcard on my PC.
So interestingly enough, not only are we using similar mics, but we're using a very similar set up too. In this case, based on my own results, I would assume that the thing you need to replace isn't the sound card.
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Fri Aug 24, 2007 7:58 am |
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Malletman1
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Joined: 11 Apr 2008
Posts: 10
Location: Racine, WV |
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| Unkle Bonehead wrote: | My question-I cant afford both at the same time, which one would be the biggest improvement the preamp or sound card?
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Ryan |
Hey there folks. This is my first post so excuse me if I'm stepping on any toes. Also, considering this question was asked almost a year ago, it's probably resolved itself...lol. Anyway, I would say preamp. If your soundcard is running at 16bit, it's not a question of quality as much as it is volume when it comes to bit depth. I would suggest a nice warm preamp or maybe a better mic. A decent condenser mic goes pretty cheap anymore and some warm ribbon mics are out there under $100 anymore!
Just my 2.5 cents,
Take care guys,
Mallet
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