Thing aint that bad and your assessment is spot on. I really love my UA LA-610 though. It's amazing. I think you have one too? Also, and I'll keep this short. I just came over from your "No One Cares About Your Audio Gear" video and I have to say, your physical transformation and overall look is totally amazing. It's inspiring. I'm proud of you and now I feel inspired to make some changes.
Thanks so much Skyking. I do have the LA610 as well and I really enjoy that one. It doesn't have the same grittiness that I hear with this. I really appreciate you noticing that and saying that, means a lot.
Units like this actually work great for guitar, as both a DI box and a re-amp box. Also, if you want to introduce some "tube chaos" to your digital amp modeler, aka actual tube overdrive, run this between your power amp and the output of your amp sim or preamp pedal. You can also put it between your guitar and the input for your amp. I have some tube desktop preamps from ART and use them for stuff like this all the time.
That's very interesting. I appreciate the insight because that's not something I've done before, but that makes sense to use this to add some additional overdrive to a DI signal.
Hey can we all take a minute to appreciate what an excellent musician our boy is. I've heard him play different things over the past few years and I got to say, big boy is clean and tidy on them licks and they sound good
For almost all my audio tasks, I use the Behringer MIC500 USB every day, particularly for transferring cassette tapes from my Yamaha MT50 4-track recorder for my videos. I swapped out the Bugera 12AX7 for a Brimar 12AT7, and the sound is now noticeably smoother. Couldn't be happier!
MIC300 acoustic guitar and picked bass sounded good, couldn't tell much of a difference on electric guitar. A finger style bass comparison would be a nice addition, but I'm just happy to see a bass at all!
Limiter needs to be as close to seamless as possible. That there's a noticeable drop in volume when the limiter is triggered is really bad. Is there any way to adjust that?
The only way to adjust that is to decrease your gain so you're not hitting the limiter as hard. Maybe there's someway to mess with the circuitry to get a different limiter sound, but I'm too dumb for that.
Hey! I actually have one of these bad bois. I liked it quite alot for plugging instruments with pickups into my behringer uphoria interface, to give it a little more gain for re-amping/pluging purposes. Works pretty ok, kinda noisy, but, for under a hundred bucks, it's really not bad. I think most of the mojo is the little 'dirtyness' that it adds, and it seems to be very happy input/output impedance wise for guitar/bass pickups. The ART Studio V3 replaced it for me, it has the variable voicing thing that gives it some good color when you want it, and stays cleanish when you don't, and the noise floor is much better. I have had a bug to maybe try and modify the behringer, because it's supposed to be a straight clone of the ART design and probably just uses worse components that're easily replaceable.
@@alandavidson8311 Kindof depends on what you want out of it in my experience. I do still like it alot for tracking bass, but, anything you want to add a little grit and non-linearity to is a good fit, as is instruments you plan on re-amping later, as it can give some 'character' to otherwise sortof 'meh' reamp software. Everything Bandrew said about noise floor and gain staging is 100% true though. I sharpie markered where 'unity' is for low/high gain settings because out of the box it's very much a "lol guess" scenario.
@@jttech44Popping a better tube in it might make it quieter, like a 12ax7wb or n.o.s. 7025, even the ART unit uses a cheap generic chinese-made 12ax7 which is going to be substandard for serious audio use
@@jasondorsey7110 I'm a fan of the slovtec long plates for 12ax7 hifi use. I wouldn't say that I've ever done a tube swap and thought "wow, that's much lower noise" however, because the noise originates elsewhere in the circuit, and if you'e really concerned with that, adding additional filtering to the power section is really where most of the problem will be. That and cheap, hissy resistors that need attending to.
There was a comment from someone pointing out that the tube is underpowered and doesn't really do much for the sound other than add some grittiness to it so a tube change wouldn't do much to alter the sound since it's not being used to amplify the source,.
If it's anything like the ART tube preamps (which I assume it is, because it's clearly based on it), then yes swapping in a better tube can definitely improve the performance and sound. Very common mod for the ART stuff. And by "better," I really mean anything that suits your taste more than the stock one, whether that's better noise performance, less or more distortion, etc.
Great video as per usual. Got one arriving in post today!! Hurrah! The reason I'm getting it is because my SE2200T is being repaired and I am using my SE2200A as a back up on rock vocals and I tried my friends Behringer mic200 as a trial, I found using the MIC200 with my SE220A added that certain gnarl the SE220T had built in, it was pretty close and to my ears softened the highs a little compared to straight into my focusrite.. too clean for me... BUT!!!.... for high velocity Rock type vocals the MIC200 sounded cleanest (With a touch of drive) when I used the SE2200A -10 db pad.. I have a very loud voice so maybe not applicable to quieter singers! Anyway I must get back to getting a life ! LOL Keep up the great work sir! 😀
Forgot to add (Critically important I add this LOL!!) agreed re.. very hot/overdriven.. thus my -10db idea! But hey its 80 bucks! So silly to expect the results of say an OP-6 or alike!
Thank you very much for sharing your use case for this. It's always fascinating hearing the applications people use this gear for. Would love to hear how it works out for you.
Another quality review, thanks, Bandrew. Hey, on a side note, I liked what you were putting down with your guitar segment. Would really enjoy hearing what you could do using that pattern as the foundation of a song. Do you post your music anywhere? Bill
@codegame Actually tubes run properly can have more headroom than transistors. However in this Behringer unit the tube is not even the amplifying device. This is a transistor micpreamp with a tube stuck in the middle of the circuit running at very low (improper voltage). Around 50 volts a preamp tube doesn't give much amplification at all it just adds some fuzzy buzzy stuff to your signal. Some people like this on some sources especially on bass guitar and on drums if you like that lofi thing. Personally I'd say just on bass but it depends what kind of sonic "fun" you happen to enjoy.
People like classic preamps because of the distortion, but on the LA610, Portico 5017, and WA73EQ, I don't have the distortion all the time. I can get a pretty clean signal out of all of those if I want.
Thanks very much for the suggestion. I don't yet have one of those and don't have one on order so it likely won't happen soon because I have a BUNCH of preamps I need to get around to reviewing.
Thanks for the detailed review! I know nothing. Im trying to find something that would limit the output to 80bd from my parent’s karaoke mic before we have a serious fight with the neighbors. You think this thing will work?
I don't think so. That sounds like you want to do some kind of limiting on a speaker system and this isn't designed for that, this is just a limiter for an audio input.
Interesting, I actually liked how it sound on the Bass and specially in the mix, it made the whole mix a bit more alive (harmonics there doing their thing I guess).
Hi! Thanks for the video. I’m wondering if this pre amp could be suitable for analog synths (to plug into a focusrite scarlett) as well like a Behringers td-3
I was really hoping you'd test it out with some harsher singing, Im looking for a vocal preamp to use live to distort my vocals a little bit and also have the limiter option
Cool review, that sparkled me a thing to get one tube preamp, but, I think I would like something with less noise XD You could recommend one affordable and with, not the greatest, but a good sound
@Podcastage Well it is a starved plate (low voltage toob) device so that sound is indeed part of the deal. Never been my cup of tea but some people do like that fuzzy buzzy effect. A high quality micpre (tube or some transistor designs) if pushed really hard can get some interesting distortion but it is certainly different than a starved plate cheapie like this and as you mentioned in another comment one has the option of clean with a quality micpre or even just a tiny bit of warmth. These toob Behringer and other similar devices by ART and DBX are indeed cheap and do what they do... some find use for them while others just choose to avoid them. Good review of this product as usual even if you didn't try out the pad with the U87 but more importantly I think getting people to understand what is actually in these cheap toob devices and how they work compared to a real tube micpreamp that has transformers and runs at real tube voltages would be cool.
Seems like a lot of buckbang there! You mentioned the knobs--I am big fan of knobs--but, as I think you know, not all knobs are created equal. These are Chicken Head Knobs. Though I'm used to my interface reviews coming with a German accent, I love your perspectives.
Thanks for all the support Keith, I really do appreciate it. Julian does a fantastic job, I just want to get around to reviewingthe preamps I've picked up to expand my knowledge base and hopefully find some cool stuff along the way.
Interesting, i recently dusted off mine which i bought ages ago. Overall, you get what you pay for however, its recently found a place for me to add a touch of body and grit to a cheap bass (upgraded pickups) and with a sm57 for double tracked vocals to sit under the primary vocals (aston spirit into an audient ID14). But mainly for bass.
I like the idea of mixing the DI of this with a miced bass cab. I hadn't thought doing a clean vocal take and then doubling with this on the second vocal take, probably with more of the grit too. What a fun idea!
Lol Athletic Bandrew Looks Cool! 💪🏽wow This is Dope for $80 so is this like a Cabinet or Shelf Amp Replacement? It seems Mid Foward but I think some SE Stuff might sound Cool With it!
I have a number of mixers, rode podcast pro mk1 and joe meek and sound devices mix pre 3 but my favourite has to be the preamp on my S/D MM1, I’d love to hear your thoughts on some of the alternatives
Kinda sad we didn’t hear your drum machine drive sounds! I think that’s what makes something like this rather interesting aside from the idea we could get the Glen Fricker effect on an $80 budget, how else can we make things sound raunchy without a plugin on the cheap? Not everybody wants pristine and boring audio.
I did give it a bit of drive on the drum machine sounds. I just didn't go overboard with it. There's grittiness on the kick when run through the preamp that is not there on the software version.
This reminded me I always envy your musical skills (wish I could play bass) and I wanna experiment with tube swapping to enhance the sound for my future VOs maybe with presonus preamp. But first I'm gonna have to pick an epic mic 1st(Knowing that's not the ideal way).
Have you by any chance obtained an AKG C636 along your way? curious about your opinion. was thinking of getting a Lauten Ls-208 but AKG's on sale and costs half in Japan.😅 Thanks in advance (My house is noisy and I have some issue with sibilance)
Thank you for the kind words, I appreciate it very much. I wish you luck on the tub swapping journey and the VO and Music work. It's a ton of fun and I hope it brings you tons of joy. I haven't used a C636 along my journey.
I have not reviewed that mic before. I don't currently own it and don't have it on order so it won't happen in the near future, but I really appreciate the suggestion. Thank you.
This is a neat toy, thanks for sharing! Does seem to add some sense of openness to the recordings, but hey im a sucker for that kinda sound. Not super noticeable on the electric guitar but your voice and the acoustic both had just more a sense of body and air somehow, which doesn't track with the upper treble roll-off. More like nuances were being amplified and brought to the forefront? Just got to the full mix bit, yeah that's some nice dirt.
I'm guessing you're hearing the distortion exaggerate certain things because it was quite apparent on the music test. Just adding some dirt was really cool and fun and different.
@@Podcastage Almost certainly so. I maintain that FR is far from everything to consider with audio gear, but FR masking is very much a thing, and reshaping things so harmonics are more prominent can definitely add to that sense of "there"ness. Now I'm just waiting on you to test out a mad baller tube pre :P
Changing the tube doesn't matter much as it isn't even an actual gain stage in the circuit. The real work of amplification here is done by transistors not the tube which runs at too low an operating voltage to even function as a preamp tube was originally intended to. The tube (or toob as I would call it in this case) just adds some "fun" fuzzy buzzy stuff to your signal. Putting a "better" or different tube in here isn't going to change much just like putting really expensive tires on your car won't matter if you run them all flat.
@podcastage These toob micpreamps have been confusing people for decades now in what they are, how they work, and what value or not that they might offer as a recording tool. I know it's a bit out of your range but if you did a video that explained these and maybe did some tube swapping (which has been as hotly debated for many years now as the sound quality or lack thereof of the device) I think you could really bring some needed insight to this topic.
@@7171jay I understand actually what you are talking about but there are cheap tubes and a lot more expensive tubes...surely there would be a diffrence.
Nothing more than in the sense that I wrote it and published it in my video on this date. Ha. If anyone uses this song, give me points and give me money!
Yeah, the stock tubes in these devices are noisy. I use a similar Art tube preamp where I replaced the tube with a Mullard tube and it significantly reduced the noise. Cost about $30 for the new tube.
@@Podcastage Being the cheapskate I am I could buy 2 and put them in a rack face. Hell I rack mounted an HM-2 for someone once so its probably doable.😎
Some said Behringer MIC series is Art TUBE MP knock-off. If what they said is true, It is surprising those two are similar but very small price difference.😅
The ART and the DBX toob micpreamps were already super cheap designs so there just isn't much lower Behringer could go and still make decent profit on it.
Really don't like the sound of the limiter, it sounds more like ducking, instead of just limiting at 0 it's going under with a weirdly slow attack and release
Yeah it's not the best limiter I've heard. Lets a lot off the transient through which some people may love, but allows you to clip for a few ms before the limiter clamps it down.
Everything Behringer is made in MusicTribe City China. MusicTribe basically is Behringer but includes other companies that they own such as: Aston Microphones Bugera Coolaudio Klark Teknik Lab.gruppen Lake Midas Tannoy TC Electronic TC-Helicon Turbosound
Probably the only application this thing would be good for is electric guitar... Some decent overtones in the tube sound... Everything else would be too colored and noisy...
@@Podcastage oh nice. they must be the same exact thing i'd assume ha. maybe interesting to compare or, i've ment to compare to say UA fancy real stuff to see if i cound blindly hear a diffily-doo
I tried really hard to find any specs on the noise floor of the pod track p8 that I own and I could not find anything anywhere and I surfed the web cowabunga dude for like 3 hours and still couldn't find a single sing on the noise floor
Thing aint that bad and your assessment is spot on. I really love my UA LA-610 though. It's amazing. I think you have one too?
Also, and I'll keep this short. I just came over from your "No One Cares About Your Audio Gear" video and I have to say, your physical transformation and overall look is totally amazing. It's inspiring. I'm proud of you and now I feel inspired to make some changes.
Thanks so much Skyking. I do have the LA610 as well and I really enjoy that one. It doesn't have the same grittiness that I hear with this. I really appreciate you noticing that and saying that, means a lot.
Units like this actually work great for guitar, as both a DI box and a re-amp box. Also, if you want to introduce some "tube chaos" to your digital amp modeler, aka actual tube overdrive, run this between your power amp and the output of your amp sim or preamp pedal. You can also put it between your guitar and the input for your amp. I have some tube desktop preamps from ART and use them for stuff like this all the time.
That's very interesting. I appreciate the insight because that's not something I've done before, but that makes sense to use this to add some additional overdrive to a DI signal.
I just got a 2nd hand one to test it for a Bass Guitar ... plan is to eventually change the cheap lamp for a more Groovy one ... 😄
@@Podcastage If you change to a 12AX7 valve, your negative points will no longer exist, reducing the gain of the valve by fifty percent.
I love that you still use the Rode NT1, its still one of my favorite mics.
It's for consistency sake. It's a great mic that still treats me well.
Hey can we all take a minute to appreciate what an excellent musician our boy is. I've heard him play different things over the past few years and I got to say, big boy is clean and tidy on them licks and they sound good
Thanks so much man, I appreciate that.
@@Podcastage you're very welcome my friend.
Great video! Would love more preamp videos!
I plan on making a lot more because I have a ton of them to get through.
Hey thanks for that.Would love to see more preamp reviews on your channel...
Thanks so much. I have a bunch of preamps I'm going to review. Some really great sounding ones too.
For almost all my audio tasks, I use the Behringer MIC500 USB every day, particularly for transferring cassette tapes from my Yamaha MT50 4-track recorder for my videos. I swapped out the Bugera 12AX7 for a Brimar 12AT7, and the sound is now noticeably smoother. Couldn't be happier!
For $80, that was impressive with the SM7b.
A bit on the noisy side, and I wasn't too keen on the overdriven sound it had, but in a pinch I think it's definitely workable.
MIC300 acoustic guitar and picked bass sounded good, couldn't tell much of a difference on electric guitar. A finger style bass comparison would be a nice addition, but I'm just happy to see a bass at all!
I heard more sizzle on the electric guitar. It wasn't the most noticeable but it certainly seemed like it was there.
@@Podcastage Yeah ! thanks for the bass !
If you change to a 12AX7 valve, your negative points will no longer exist, reducing the gain of the valve by fifty percent.
Limiter needs to be as close to seamless as possible. That there's a noticeable drop in volume when the limiter is triggered is really bad. Is there any way to adjust that?
The only way to adjust that is to decrease your gain so you're not hitting the limiter as hard. Maybe there's someway to mess with the circuitry to get a different limiter sound, but I'm too dumb for that.
Hey! I actually have one of these bad bois. I liked it quite alot for plugging instruments with pickups into my behringer uphoria interface, to give it a little more gain for re-amping/pluging purposes. Works pretty ok, kinda noisy, but, for under a hundred bucks, it's really not bad. I think most of the mojo is the little 'dirtyness' that it adds, and it seems to be very happy input/output impedance wise for guitar/bass pickups.
The ART Studio V3 replaced it for me, it has the variable voicing thing that gives it some good color when you want it, and stays cleanish when you don't, and the noise floor is much better. I have had a bug to maybe try and modify the behringer, because it's supposed to be a straight clone of the ART design and probably just uses worse components that're easily replaceable.
I didn't realize this was a straight clone of the ART preamp. Glad I have that one to test out as well then.
I thought it pretty well sucked on everything except the bass. On the bass it rocked!
@@alandavidson8311 Kindof depends on what you want out of it in my experience. I do still like it alot for tracking bass, but, anything you want to add a little grit and non-linearity to is a good fit, as is instruments you plan on re-amping later, as it can give some 'character' to otherwise sortof 'meh' reamp software.
Everything Bandrew said about noise floor and gain staging is 100% true though. I sharpie markered where 'unity' is for low/high gain settings because out of the box it's very much a "lol guess" scenario.
@@jttech44Popping a better tube in it might make it quieter, like a 12ax7wb or n.o.s. 7025, even the ART unit uses a cheap generic chinese-made 12ax7 which is going to be substandard for serious audio use
@@jasondorsey7110 I'm a fan of the slovtec long plates for 12ax7 hifi use. I wouldn't say that I've ever done a tube swap and thought "wow, that's much lower noise" however, because the noise originates elsewhere in the circuit, and if you'e really concerned with that, adding additional filtering to the power section is really where most of the problem will be. That and cheap, hissy resistors that need attending to.
Hey Bandrew, any chance you can review the Tube MP/C ?
If that's the art one, I may or may not already have it and plan on reviewing it as well as the presonus one.
I wonder if a different tube would change the headroom or if it’s baked into the circuit. 🤔
There was a comment from someone pointing out that the tube is underpowered and doesn't really do much for the sound other than add some grittiness to it so a tube change wouldn't do much to alter the sound since it's not being used to amplify the source,.
If it's anything like the ART tube preamps (which I assume it is, because it's clearly based on it), then yes swapping in a better tube can definitely improve the performance and sound. Very common mod for the ART stuff.
And by "better," I really mean anything that suits your taste more than the stock one, whether that's better noise performance, less or more distortion, etc.
Danke!
Thank you so much Rainer! Your support means so much to me, and really does help with the production of these videos. You are so kind!
Great video as per usual. Got one arriving in post today!! Hurrah! The reason I'm getting it is because my SE2200T is being repaired and I am using my SE2200A as a back up on rock vocals and I tried my friends Behringer mic200 as a trial, I found using the MIC200 with my SE220A added that certain gnarl the SE220T had built in, it was pretty close and to my ears softened the highs a little compared to straight into my focusrite.. too clean for me... BUT!!!.... for high velocity Rock type vocals the MIC200 sounded cleanest (With a touch of drive) when I used the SE2200A -10 db pad.. I have a very loud voice so maybe not applicable to quieter singers! Anyway I must get back to getting a life ! LOL Keep up the great work sir! 😀
Forgot to add (Critically important I add this LOL!!) agreed re.. very hot/overdriven.. thus my -10db idea! But hey its 80 bucks! So silly to expect the results of say an OP-6 or alike!
Thank you very much for sharing your use case for this. It's always fascinating hearing the applications people use this gear for. Would love to hear how it works out for you.
Another quality review, thanks, Bandrew. Hey, on a side note, I liked what you were putting down with your guitar segment. Would really enjoy hearing what you could do using that pattern as the foundation of a song. Do you post your music anywhere?
Bill
Thanks very much. I do occasionally but not really. www.bandrewplays.com links to the TH-cam I post stuff on occasionally but it's mainly covers.
i like the results u got with the mic300 tbh
I really loved the test song on this one!
Thanks Carmine.
Great! As always,please review the wa 73 eq.
I will be reviewing it eventually. It's been in my rack for a while.
Aren't "tubes" by definition introducing some form of distortion?
@codegame Actually tubes run properly can have more headroom than transistors. However in this Behringer unit the tube is not even the amplifying device. This is a transistor micpreamp with a tube stuck in the middle of the circuit running at very low (improper voltage). Around 50 volts a preamp tube doesn't give much amplification at all it just adds some fuzzy buzzy stuff to your signal. Some people like this on some sources especially on bass guitar and on drums if you like that lofi thing. Personally I'd say just on bass but it depends what kind of sonic "fun" you happen to enjoy.
People like classic preamps because of the distortion, but on the LA610, Portico 5017, and WA73EQ, I don't have the distortion all the time. I can get a pretty clean signal out of all of those if I want.
Thank You, that was Very informative. 😎
You're welcome. Thank you very much for watching.
Hey, nice review as always. I wish you could review the Warm Audio MPX. Thank you and greetz ✌🏻
Thanks very much for the suggestion. I don't yet have one of those and don't have one on order so it likely won't happen soon because I have a BUNCH of preamps I need to get around to reviewing.
I love the chickenhead knobs! BTW, Bandrew, have you ever accidentally broken something when throwing a box for a video?
:knock on wood: I don't think I have broken anything yet.
this video made me realise the expression is "for all intents and purposes" and not "for all intensive purposes"
I am so happy that this video taught someone something. Thank you Soggy Turbo!
Thanks for the detailed review! I know nothing. Im trying to find something that would limit the output to 80bd from my parent’s karaoke mic before we have a serious fight with the neighbors. You think this thing will work?
I don't think so. That sounds like you want to do some kind of limiting on a speaker system and this isn't designed for that, this is just a limiter for an audio input.
Interesting, I actually liked how it sound on the Bass and specially in the mix, it made the whole mix a bit more alive (harmonics there doing their thing I guess).
Yeah it seems like a few people like it on bass because it adds some dirt.
Thx for test. Great!
Hi! Thanks for the video. I’m wondering if this pre amp could be suitable for analog synths (to plug into a focusrite scarlett) as well like a Behringers td-3
很客觀的評測和評價，購買真空管就是一種浪漫
I was really hoping you'd test it out with some harsher singing, Im looking for a vocal preamp to use live to distort my vocals a little bit and also have the limiter option
I don't have the ability to do harsher singing. I'm sorry.
Hello, I would like to see a review of the Behringer ECM8000 microphone.
Thank you.
Cool review, that sparkled me a thing to get one tube preamp, but, I think I would like something with less noise XD
You could recommend one affordable and with, not the greatest, but a good sound
I haven't tested enough to have an answer to that. I have a few more to review first.
@Bandrew You really should have tried out the -20 pad to get a cleaner sound with the U87 as it is a very hot mic.
Perhaps I should have, but even with the SM7b I had that overdriven character to it. it was inescapable regardless of how it was setup.
@Podcastage Well it is a starved plate (low voltage toob) device so that sound is indeed part of the deal. Never been my cup of tea but some people do like that fuzzy buzzy effect. A high quality micpre (tube or some transistor designs) if pushed really hard can get some interesting distortion but it is certainly different than a starved plate cheapie like this and as you mentioned in another comment one has the option of clean with a quality micpre or even just a tiny bit of warmth. These toob Behringer and other similar devices by ART and DBX are indeed cheap and do what they do... some find use for them while others just choose to avoid them. Good review of this product as usual even if you didn't try out the pad with the U87 but more importantly I think getting people to understand what is actually in these cheap toob devices and how they work compared to a real tube micpreamp that has transformers and runs at real tube voltages would be cool.
Seems like a lot of buckbang there! You mentioned the knobs--I am big fan of knobs--but, as I think you know, not all knobs are created equal. These are Chicken Head Knobs. Though I'm used to my interface reviews coming with a German accent, I love your perspectives.
Thanks for all the support Keith, I really do appreciate it. Julian does a fantastic job, I just want to get around to reviewingthe preamps I've picked up to expand my knowledge base and hopefully find some cool stuff along the way.
Should I go with cloudlifter or fethead or I go with this preamp?
ART TubePac was where its at when they still made them
I have two more of these desktop tube press which I will be testing as well.
Interesting, i recently dusted off mine which i bought ages ago. Overall, you get what you pay for however, its recently found a place for me to add a touch of body and grit to a cheap bass (upgraded pickups) and with a sm57 for double tracked vocals to sit under the primary vocals (aston spirit into an audient ID14). But mainly for bass.
I like the idea of mixing the DI of this with a miced bass cab. I hadn't thought doing a clean vocal take and then doubling with this on the second vocal take, probably with more of the grit too. What a fun idea!
Great song u made on this one!
Thanks so much, I really appreciate that.
i appreciate your work, my digital friend.@@Podcastage
Lol Athletic Bandrew Looks Cool! 💪🏽wow This is Dope for $80 so is this like a Cabinet or Shelf Amp Replacement? It seems Mid Foward but I think some SE Stuff might sound Cool With it!
No this is not a cabinet replacement, this is just a microphone preamp.
I have a number of mixers, rode podcast pro mk1 and joe meek and sound devices mix pre 3 but my favourite has to be the preamp on my S/D MM1, I’d love to hear your thoughts on some of the alternatives
I have a bunch more preamps to test and demo which I hope to do over the coming years.
Kinda sad we didn’t hear your drum machine drive sounds! I think that’s what makes something like this rather interesting aside from the idea we could get the Glen Fricker effect on an $80 budget, how else can we make things sound raunchy without a plugin on the cheap? Not everybody wants pristine and boring audio.
I did give it a bit of drive on the drum machine sounds. I just didn't go overboard with it. There's grittiness on the kick when run through the preamp that is not there on the software version.
Looking for a good tube mic preamp, possibly with USB interface capabilities.
I don't know what that song was.... But I loved it.
Thanks so much Jeremy, I really appreciate it.
How are you recording the mic300?
For something this is ok. I think and can't imagine for which use is this?
Someone who wants som overdrive from a preamp or are desperate for an analog limiter?
@@Podcastage music was nice. I have relaxed and fall asleep (was wery tired).
Podcastage, are you okay dude ? omg dubaly-doo da day !
I'm fine. Are you okay dude?
lol yes just wanted to say keep the good content coming my friend. we all love and appreciate what you do bro!@@Podcastage
Presonus tube pre v2 or this please i need your answer
Did you hear any warmth from the MIC300?
I didn't hear any "warmth". I heard distortion, but nothing that I would classify as warmth. Kind of a grittiness. But what did YOU hear.
@@Podcastage thanks for the info.
nice, helpful, thanks
You're welcome. Thanks for watching and for the nice comment.
This reminded me I always envy your musical skills (wish I could play bass) and I wanna experiment with tube swapping to enhance the sound for my future VOs maybe with presonus preamp.
But first I'm gonna have to pick an epic mic 1st(Knowing that's not the ideal way).
Have you by any chance obtained an AKG C636 along your way? curious about your opinion. was thinking of getting a Lauten Ls-208 but AKG's on sale and costs half in Japan.😅 Thanks in advance (My house is noisy and I have some issue with sibilance)
Thank you for the kind words, I appreciate it very much. I wish you luck on the tub swapping journey and the VO and Music work. It's a ton of fun and I hope it brings you tons of joy.
I haven't used a C636 along my journey.
Grate for podcast
I used it on my latest podcast and I thought it was fine, but a little much on the distortion side of things.
hi, have u review MXL V69M microphone, love to see it!!
I have not reviewed that mic before. I don't currently own it and don't have it on order so it won't happen in the near future, but I really appreciate the suggestion. Thank you.
@@Podcastage okay no problem!
I liked the limiter
thank you
You're welcome. Thank you very much for watching.
Is it fiscally responsible for you to review the new Neumann M49V??
I wish, but no. In order to save for that it would take me like 4 or 5 years.
This is a neat toy, thanks for sharing! Does seem to add some sense of openness to the recordings, but hey im a sucker for that kinda sound. Not super noticeable on the electric guitar but your voice and the acoustic both had just more a sense of body and air somehow, which doesn't track with the upper treble roll-off. More like nuances were being amplified and brought to the forefront? Just got to the full mix bit, yeah that's some nice dirt.
I'm guessing you're hearing the distortion exaggerate certain things because it was quite apparent on the music test. Just adding some dirt was really cool and fun and different.
@@Podcastage Almost certainly so. I maintain that FR is far from everything to consider with audio gear, but FR masking is very much a thing, and reshaping things so harmonics are more prominent can definitely add to that sense of "there"ness.
Now I'm just waiting on you to test out a mad baller tube pre :P
Its a tube pre…and distortion will be there for sure and secondly maybe changing a tube for a better one is a good idea…
Changing the tube doesn't matter much as it isn't even an actual gain stage in the circuit. The real work of amplification here is done by transistors not the tube which runs at too low an operating voltage to even function as a preamp tube was originally intended to. The tube (or toob as I would call it in this case) just adds some "fun" fuzzy buzzy stuff to your signal. Putting a "better" or different tube in here isn't going to change much just like putting really expensive tires on your car won't matter if you run them all flat.
Thanks so much for that insight 717jay, I appreciate it very much.
@podcastage These toob micpreamps have been confusing people for decades now in what they are, how they work, and what value or not that they might offer as a recording tool. I know it's a bit out of your range but if you did a video that explained these and maybe did some tube swapping (which has been as hotly debated for many years now as the sound quality or lack thereof of the device) I think you could really bring some needed insight to this topic.
@@7171jay I understand actually what you are talking about but there are cheap tubes and a lot more expensive tubes...surely there would be a diffrence.
Yup, ..that's really nice music 😉.
Thank you so much!
Ok, tell me you’ve locked down the rights on that ditty. Way too cool to give it away.
Nothing more than in the sense that I wrote it and published it in my video on this date. Ha. If anyone uses this song, give me points and give me money!
Yeah, the stock tubes in these devices are noisy. I use a similar Art tube preamp where I replaced the tube with a Mullard tube and it significantly reduced the noise. Cost about $30 for the new tube.
Very interesting. I may have to try that out in an experiment video.Thanks for the suggestion.
Please do for us Scarlett 4th gen and show phantom power voltage on test meter
I will be doing 4th gen once I get my hands on it.
I wish big B would make this in a 2 channel rack mount option. The form factor is a no go for me I just don't have the room.
There are a lot of great rack mount preamps out there. Off the top of my head though, none that are this affordable, tube, and rackmountable.
@@Podcastage Being the cheapskate I am I could buy 2 and put them in a rack face. Hell I rack mounted an HM-2 for someone once so its probably doable.😎
I can hear more distorsion on the mic300, the treble sounds worse than the focusrite.
I agree it's a lot more distorted. Some people will be looking for that though.
Wow 70 Gain? It Colors good but Wow okay let me hear the rest of the Vid lol
Yeah 60 gain and +10 on the output, but you're getting quite a bit of distortion there and a bit of noise.
Pretty useable for its cost.
It functions but has some flaws. For the price it can be fun to use though for sure.
Second week for a box rebound. Bandrew needs to work on his aim.
What if I was doing it intentionally? I wasn't, but what if I was?
@@Podcastage I would expect more post-throw satisfaction then.😋
Isn't that a rip off of the Art tube MP more or less?
I wasn't aware of that it was a rip off of the art, but I do have the hart and will be reviewing it.
The boxes are rebelling.
May god have mercy on my soul if that is the case.
Some said Behringer MIC series is Art TUBE MP knock-off. If what they said is true, It is surprising those two are similar but very small price difference.😅
The ART and the DBX toob micpreamps were already super cheap designs so there just isn't much lower Behringer could go and still make decent profit on it.
I have the art and will eventually be testing it.
@@Podcastage Wow, I am so curious about your test result!🤓
Really don't like the sound of the limiter, it sounds more like ducking, instead of just limiting at 0 it's going under with a weirdly slow attack and release
Yeah it's not the best limiter I've heard. Lets a lot off the transient through which some people may love, but allows you to clip for a few ms before the limiter clamps it down.
REWIEW REQUEST! UAD 710 Twin-Finity
Maybe one day I can do that. I don't really have the budget for that at this time.
Maybe next time you can include where it’s made if you don’t care.
Everything Behringer is made in MusicTribe City China. MusicTribe basically is Behringer but includes other companies that they own such as:
Aston Microphones
Bugera
Coolaudio
Klark Teknik
Lab.gruppen
Lake
Midas
Tannoy
TC Electronic
TC-Helicon
Turbosound
In the review he says: “ if you care, it’s made in China”.
But what if you don’t care?
If you don't care it's still made in China.
@@Podcastage Thanks! That’s all I wanted to know :)
I have one. I bought it and retired it immediately 😂😂😂
So you weren't a fan. Haha.
Not a bad sounding pre... the limiter is useless if you ask me.
Not great. The start of the clipping gets through which always seems a bit weird.
Art tube preamp review please! ❤
I have the art tube pre and a presonus tube pre which I will be reviewing.
Probably the only application this thing would be good for is electric guitar... Some decent overtones in the tube sound... Everything else would be too colored and noisy...
To each their own. I enjoyed it on the drums to get a bit of nastiness to it.
@@Podcastage There are plugins for what you liked... I record acoustic drums... no thanks...
Behmrihnger kinda blows. ART makes these, I use them for recording on vacation and they’re mostly pretty great.
I have an art one and I am going to review it eventually.
@@Podcastage oh nice. they must be the same exact thing i'd assume ha. maybe interesting to compare or, i've ment to compare to say UA fancy real stuff to see if i cound blindly hear a diffily-doo
Dollar-ee-doos
Yup my dollarydoos have been spent on this.
hey soy dora vibe at 5:40 xD
I don't know what that means, but thanks. Ha.
You shed some weight!!
I've been trying. Thanks for noticing.
Are you losing weight?
I tried really hard to find any specs on the noise floor of the pod track p8 that I own and I could not find anything anywhere and I surfed the web cowabunga dude for like 3 hours and still couldn't find a single sing on the noise floor
It's listed on Zoom's website in the specs: zoomcorp.com/en/us/podtrak-recorders/podcast-recorders/podtrak-p8/
-124dBU A
That boy good
Glad you like the preamp. It's fun if you want some dirt on your recordings.
If you change to a 12AX7 valve, your negative points will no longer exist, reducing the gain of the valve by fifty percent.