Hi Zed, thank you for the review! Of course you can keep the Fethead Germanium. For ultra transparant gain we recommend our 'regular' FetHead. FetHead Germanium adds some nice coloration to rather neutral sounding (interface) preamps.
@@ramgopal.sharma Germanium usually sounds organic with less sibilant high end, little thicker low mids, nice transients, all at the expense of a little bit more noise.
Hi, need your help, would you suggest the Germanium version over the regular one for a voice overs and audiobook recording? Or is the regular one better for that?
Would you recommend this for the procaster I'm doing rock vocals and I love the mic for the low noise and the room noise rejection also is amazing but my interface makes too much noise when I put the gain up too high for this mic
I am looking to use sm57 on vocals for Tom Petty covers with the fethead germanium. What I heard here is a low mid bump that sounded pleasing and I could use that help on my vocal to thicken up my sound. I have a Behringer Xenyx mixer with preamps that go up to 60db and it just doesn't have enough gain without getting noisy
Just to double triple clarify. If I have a passive ribbon. Which does NOT meed phantom power. And I use this. Which needs phantom power. It wont kill my ribbon mic?
Yes, but the whole point is that most lower end interfaces don't have Pre amps that can provide that much gain or if they do by the time you get the level where you are getting a strong level it might raise the noise floor. This just adds that before it hits the pre amp so you get a stronger level while not having to turn the gain on your interface up that much
@@Utkarsh_A Ah OK. As long as people with standard studio gear don't get the wrong idea. I think these are creating an artificial sense of need in the pro audio community for a new tool that's historically been unnecessary.
@@MatthJenks So I just received my Fethead Germanium so I can use a 7B with a cheap interface for Zoom calls etc. But anyway I plugged it into some proper studio gear and I will admit the Germanium one adds some character even when running through proper studio gear, I haven't tried the standard one but I feel like the Germanium for sure has a use in the studio, not on everything but it can add just a little bit more color to the audio
I set my preamp so that the signal is not over -12, but the volume is too low for recording. Microphone is an SM57 and speakers 4x12 Marshall can. Will the extra boost from the Fethead increase my volume without needing to reduce the preamp so the volume stays too low? I’m not looking for quieter I need the volume for my recordings without distorting and clipping
Hi Zed, thank you for the review! Of course you can keep the Fethead Germanium.
For ultra transparant gain we recommend our 'regular' FetHead. FetHead Germanium adds some nice coloration to rather neutral sounding (interface) preamps.
Hi! You’re welcome! Had much fun reviewing the FetHead. Wow thank you, that‘s great!
TritonAudio how do you describe 'nice' coloration? What does it do while using this to amplify dynamic mic for voice overs?
@@ramgopal.sharma Germanium usually sounds organic with less sibilant high end, little thicker low mids, nice transients, all at the expense of a little bit more noise.
Love the Fethead ! Couldn't get the SM57 to work with my gear before I found it. Then the SM57 could show all its dynamic range. Great product !
This has to be one of the best electric guitars I have heard. Mellow, without crunchy distortion.
Nice playing and sound. Was that ‘Dust in the Wind’ I heard? 😀
Germanium is truly great on vocals and sax . I have the first fethead its good clean and louder but the Germanium has a warmer richer sound.
Hi, need your help, would you suggest the Germanium version over the regular one for a voice overs and audiobook recording? Or is the regular one better for that?
@@ramgopal.sharma would probably sound less fatiguing, more threedimensional to the ear, BUT: This doesn't pass phantom power to condenser mics.
Would you recommend this for the procaster I'm doing rock vocals and I love the mic for the low noise and the room noise rejection also is amazing but my interface makes too much noise when I put the gain up too high for this mic
I know its a bit late, but very cool playing mate. Thanks for the review!
thank you!
I am looking to use sm57 on vocals for Tom Petty covers with the fethead germanium. What I heard here is a low mid bump that sounded pleasing and I could use that help on my vocal to thicken up my sound. I have a Behringer Xenyx mixer with preamps that go up to 60db and it just doesn't have enough gain without getting noisy
Are you tuned to half step down? Great tone
hello! Could you tell me what desktop are you using? Thank you and greetings. I suscribe
You mean the recording software oder mixer? Software is Logic Pro X and the mixer is a Soundcraft GB4-32.
@@ZedMartyProduction I mean the studio desk. Sorry for my English
That‘s a Zaor Studio Furniture desk. A custom version of their Marea line.
Just to double triple clarify. If I have a passive ribbon. Which does NOT meed phantom power. And I use this. Which needs phantom power. It wont kill my ribbon mic?
right, it won‘t damage the mic. FetHead Germanium circuit uses 48v phantom power but shields it from the microphone, your microphone is protected.
I'm curious. For a dynamic mic, wouldn't you just rather use a normal preamp with 65+ db of gain?
Yes, but the whole point is that most lower end interfaces don't have Pre amps that can provide that much gain or if they do by the time you get the level where you are getting a strong level it might raise the noise floor. This just adds that before it hits the pre amp so you get a stronger level while not having to turn the gain on your interface up that much
@@Utkarsh_A Ah OK. As long as people with standard studio gear don't get the wrong idea. I think these are creating an artificial sense of need in the pro audio community for a new tool that's historically been unnecessary.
@@MatthJenks So I just received my Fethead Germanium so I can use a 7B with a cheap interface for Zoom calls etc. But anyway I plugged it into some proper studio gear and I will admit the Germanium one adds some character even when running through proper studio gear, I haven't tried the standard one but I feel like the Germanium for sure has a use in the studio, not on everything but it can add just a little bit more color to the audio
@@Utkarsh_A Good to know!
Would you recommend this for vocals with the rode procaster XLR or the regular get head?
The FetHead regular has less Hum than this One.
You mean hiss?
I set my preamp so that the signal is not over -12, but the volume is too low for recording. Microphone is an SM57 and speakers 4x12 Marshall can. Will the extra boost from the Fethead increase my volume without needing to reduce the preamp so the volume stays too low? I’m not looking for quieter I need the volume for my recordings without distorting and clipping
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