Comments on: 3 mic pres under $500. Black Lion Audio, True Systems and FMR Audio http://ronansrecordingshow.com/2009/10/3-mic-pres-under-500-black-lion-audio-true-systems-and-fmr-audio/ Recording and Pro Audio: Behind the Scenes Interviews, Recording Studio Tours and Music Production Tips. Hosted by Producer Ronan Chris Murphy Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:07:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: True Systems P-Solo - Home Recording Forum http://ronansrecordingshow.com/2009/10/3-mic-pres-under-500-black-lion-audio-true-systems-and-fmr-audio/comment-page-2/#comment-586 True Systems P-Solo - Home Recording Forum Sat, 21 Aug 2010 01:48:29 +0000 http://ronansrecordingshow.com/?p=747#comment-586 [...] first hearing about this preamp and seeing it compared and tested to other mid-priced preamps on Ronan's Recording Show, I had some serious gear lust for this preamp. For about $500 you get one of the absolute [...] [...] first hearing about this preamp and seeing it compared and tested to other mid-priced preamps on Ronan's Recording Show, I had some serious gear lust for this preamp. For about $500 you get one of the absolute [...]

]]> By: Donn Brown http://ronansrecordingshow.com/2009/10/3-mic-pres-under-500-black-lion-audio-true-systems-and-fmr-audio/comment-page-2/#comment-577 Donn Brown Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:30:43 +0000 http://ronansrecordingshow.com/?p=747#comment-577 Greetings Ronan,.... How about a test shot comparison between the Focusrite ISA one and the GAP pre-73. That should be alot of fun. The pre-73's are a lot of bang for the buck. Thanks! D G Brown Greetings Ronan,….

How about a test shot comparison between the Focusrite ISA one
and the GAP pre-73. That should be alot of fun.

The pre-73’s are a lot of bang for the buck. Thanks! D G Brown

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]]> By: alex http://ronansrecordingshow.com/2009/10/3-mic-pres-under-500-black-lion-audio-true-systems-and-fmr-audio/comment-page-2/#comment-572 alex Sat, 07 Aug 2010 19:25:37 +0000 http://ronansrecordingshow.com/?p=747#comment-572 great show ronan, i consider myself a novice still, and haven't stepped up to the next realm of pro audio gear... however, my chops are improving and i'm already sensing myself wanting to explore better gear... i've been looking into the more expensive pres and would like to start building up a decent outboard unit... with that said (and for the time being), i've been recently exploring the art tube mp... now, to most purists this unit appears to be a joke... but in my current budget and level of experience i must say that this thing has far exceeded any expectations i had when i forked over 30 bucks for it at a store... i'd also been reading in forums how swapping the stock tube out of this thing with a more decent counterpart would make a huge difference... so i recently (and VERY carefully) swapped it out with an ARS 12ax7a/7025 and was blown away by the results... i ran my guitar through it to an amplifier, maxed out the gain and the thing was dead quiet until i strummed a chord... i'd really like to see a future video on really cheap gear that either sounds amazing for the price — either standalone, or with some tweaking... alex great show ronan,

i consider myself a novice still, and haven’t stepped up to the next realm of pro audio gear… however, my chops are improving and i’m already sensing myself wanting to explore better gear… i’ve been looking into the more expensive pres and would like to start building up a decent outboard unit…

with that said (and for the time being), i’ve been recently exploring the art tube mp… now, to most purists this unit appears to be a joke… but in my current budget and level of experience i must say that this thing has far exceeded any expectations i had when i forked over 30 bucks for it at a store…

i’d also been reading in forums how swapping the stock tube out of this thing with a more decent counterpart would make a huge difference…

so i recently (and VERY carefully) swapped it out with an ARS 12ax7a/7025 and was blown away by the results… i ran my guitar through it to an amplifier, maxed out the gain and the thing was dead quiet until i strummed a chord…

i’d really like to see a future video on really cheap gear that either sounds amazing for the price — either standalone, or with some tweaking…

alex

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]]> By: anthonyP http://ronansrecordingshow.com/2009/10/3-mic-pres-under-500-black-lion-audio-true-systems-and-fmr-audio/comment-page-2/#comment-547 anthonyP Fri, 16 Jul 2010 04:50:27 +0000 http://ronansrecordingshow.com/?p=747#comment-547 hey good shiT broO . your shows are very informative and i have learned a lot from watching . i just bought a apogee duet today and plan to buy a shure sm7b . do you think i will benifit with a preamp like the p solo ? how are teh pres in the duet ? thanx man hey good shiT broO . your shows are very informative and i have learned a lot from watching . i just bought a apogee duet today and plan to buy a shure sm7b . do you think i will benifit with a preamp like the p solo ? how are teh pres in the duet ? thanx man
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]]> By: Ronan http://ronansrecordingshow.com/2009/10/3-mic-pres-under-500-black-lion-audio-true-systems-and-fmr-audio/comment-page-2/#comment-516 Ronan Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:56:17 +0000 http://ronansrecordingshow.com/?p=747#comment-516 Charly, I have never done a direct comparison. All the the Joe Meek gear I have used has not been great, but good and I had no problem using it. I also mix lots of records recorded by other people and when they have used the Joe Meek pre-amps the tracks have sounded pretty good. So I do not really have a recommendation for you, but only to say that either choice would probably be OK. ps. Thanks for the kind words about my videos - Ronan Charly, I have never done a direct comparison. All the the Joe Meek gear I have used has not been great, but good and I had no problem using it. I also mix lots of records recorded by other people and when they have used the Joe Meek pre-amps the tracks have sounded pretty good.

So I do not really have a recommendation for you, but only to say that either choice would probably be OK.

ps. Thanks for the kind words about my videos – Ronan

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]]> By: CharlyEtSaDrôleDeDame http://ronansrecordingshow.com/2009/10/3-mic-pres-under-500-black-lion-audio-true-systems-and-fmr-audio/comment-page-2/#comment-513 CharlyEtSaDrôleDeDame Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:39:14 +0000 http://ronansrecordingshow.com/?p=747#comment-513 Hello from France ! First of all, congratulations for your show Ronan. That's awesome ! I've discovered it few days ago and I've suscribed to the web site's RSS feed. Your videos are greats ! Like many of independant musicians, I'm looking for a nice preamp under 500 bucks. I'm interested by the RNP but I was wondering if someone has compared with the Joemeek ThreeQ ? I hesitate between 1 FMR RNP or 2 joemeek ThreeQ. Any advice ? Thanks a lot for your help ;) Hello from France !

First of all, congratulations for your show Ronan. That’s awesome ! I’ve discovered it few days ago and I’ve suscribed to the web site’s RSS feed. Your videos are greats !

Like many of independant musicians, I’m looking for a nice preamp under 500 bucks. I’m interested by the RNP but I was wondering if someone has compared with the Joemeek ThreeQ ?

I hesitate between 1 FMR RNP or 2 joemeek ThreeQ. Any advice ? Thanks a lot for your help ;)

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]]> By: T http://ronansrecordingshow.com/2009/10/3-mic-pres-under-500-black-lion-audio-true-systems-and-fmr-audio/comment-page-2/#comment-512 T Sat, 26 Jun 2010 10:08:25 +0000 http://ronansrecordingshow.com/?p=747#comment-512 It's not $500, but, for a couple hundred more, I really love the UA 710 Twinfinity. Well under a grand, and you get 2 for the price of one. A solid state & a tube pre. And it has a blend knob. So you not only get one or the other you can have as much, or as little of either. SS not warm enough? Tube not punchy enough. A little tweak, and problem solved. It’s not $500, but, for a couple hundred more, I really love the UA 710 Twinfinity. Well under a grand, and you get 2 for the price of one. A solid state & a tube pre. And it has a blend knob. So you not only get one or the other you can have as much, or as little of either. SS not warm enough? Tube not punchy enough. A little tweak, and problem solved.
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]]> By: Ronan http://ronansrecordingshow.com/2009/10/3-mic-pres-under-500-black-lion-audio-true-systems-and-fmr-audio/comment-page-2/#comment-511 Ronan Sat, 26 Jun 2010 01:32:55 +0000 http://ronansrecordingshow.com/?p=747#comment-511 Javier, Thanks so much for sharing your experience with the rest of the viewers, and for your kind words. Javier, Thanks so much for sharing your experience with the rest of the viewers, and for your kind words.
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]]> By: Javier http://ronansrecordingshow.com/2009/10/3-mic-pres-under-500-black-lion-audio-true-systems-and-fmr-audio/comment-page-2/#comment-510 Javier Sat, 26 Jun 2010 01:28:47 +0000 http://ronansrecordingshow.com/?p=747#comment-510 Paul, I have a VTB-1 from Studio Projects, I love the sound of it in acoustic guitars, I recorded vocals with tube blend and prefer to use it clean, tube does fatten the sound but this will depend on your taste. For me it will be super to have a comparison of a mic pre in the $500 like the ones tested in the shoot-out versus the VTB-1, when I owned it back in 2002, reviews were pretty heavy in comparing this cheap pre-amp with $500 plus. Do not know how biased those reviews were, as for Ronan, this is the best video/explanation I have ever seen that really tells a story, being myself an engineer (not audio), I think Ronan's testing has been very objective and unbiased. Ronan, congratulations with your show, and many thanks! Paul, I have a VTB-1 from Studio Projects, I love the sound of it in acoustic guitars, I recorded vocals with tube blend and prefer to use it clean, tube does fatten the sound but this will depend on your taste. For me it will be super to have a comparison of a mic pre in the $500 like the ones tested in the shoot-out versus the VTB-1, when I owned it back in 2002, reviews were pretty heavy in comparing this cheap pre-amp with $500 plus. Do not know how biased those reviews were, as for Ronan, this is the best video/explanation I have ever seen that really tells a story, being myself an engineer (not audio), I think Ronan’s testing has been very objective and unbiased. Ronan, congratulations with your show, and many thanks!
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]]> By: Ronan http://ronansrecordingshow.com/2009/10/3-mic-pres-under-500-black-lion-audio-true-systems-and-fmr-audio/comment-page-2/#comment-509 Ronan Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:23:19 +0000 http://ronansrecordingshow.com/?p=747#comment-509 Paul, If you want a mic pre that will do a good job of capturing the natural sound of a Native American flute, I can not imagine a better mic pre than the P-Solo with out spending a lot more money. - Ronan Paul, If you want a mic pre that will do a good job of capturing the natural sound of a Native American flute, I can not imagine a better mic pre than the P-Solo with out spending a lot more money. – Ronan
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