Customer Reviews

Does the job well
Review by Dogstarr1

Rating

As said it does it\'s job as advertised well, the pre section is a decent flavorless, colorless solid state mic pre. It is one of those \"for the price\" type units, but is surprisingly good for that price and for most of the things were you want an uncolored preamp, it\'s almost as good as those that run around a grand from more esoteric brand names.

The impedance selection is a nice feature and actually pretty fun to play with, it has a number of settings, which can really make a difference, particularly with dynamics and ribbons ( worth a try on tube mics also) , sonically, it can increase the output level of your mic and it\'s sort of like pre-EQing the input.

I found the saturation less inspiring, just sort of gives it that \"dragged a blanket over the speaker sound\", you know that sound that usually you rave about it going away with some piece of gear, or another...well Presonus gave it to you on demand!

Though in all fairness, set at around around 25% (or less) seemed to slightly smooth things, though I found the extra \"haze\" added up quickly while tracking and you\'re probably better off running through a real tube in another device in the loop.

The compressor was a real surprise, actually a good one, sounds and works like your typical DBX VCA-type, clean, quick and very versatile, while not as intuitive as a 160A ( it has way more controls), the end-product is comparable.

The EQ section is 3 band, parametric, and it is clean, but the highs can get a touch too \"crisp\", bordering on the dreaded \"harsh\", of course, this is typical of SS gear (until you spend 4, or 5 times as much), so just be careful that when you mess with the EQ you don\'t overemphasize that tendency too much trying to catch \"air\" and you should be fine. (Posted on 1/10/11)