Mic Preamp: should I or shouldn't I?
Hi guys, been a while since I posted, I've been busy singing, playing, gigging and recording. Honest!
Just a quick post for a few words of friendly advice: I'm a Sonar X1 user, home studio, decent enough sounding room, Focal monitors, SE Z5600 valve mic going into an Alesis io26 audio interface. I'm mainly recording just myself on vocals and acoustic guitar (separately, though sometimes together), occasional electric guitar (though I'm happy enough with the sound I get on the electric) and percussion. Think (a poor man's) James Taylor.
I feel the io26 is probably a weak point in my signal path (cost nowhere near as much as the mic or monitors) and was thinking about getting a mic pre to bypass the io26's mic pres. I was looking at spending around £400/$600.
Is it worth the expenditure? And if so, what do you recommend?
Thanks in advance!
Gary
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