Anyone try the Great River "Neve"-style preamp?

Archived from groups: rec.audio.pro (More info?)

Considering this as an addition to my studio. I'd like it to have "pleasing
color" and not be cloudy or smeared. It'd be used on electric guitars and
vocals at a minimum; other things it excelled at would be a bonus. Pristine
perfect transparency would not be the goal with this amp but I would not
want something that was only usable sometimes because it was so colored. At
present I use a Sytek, a couple Peavey VMP2's, and my Neotek board as my
primary preamps. I mostly record music (as opposed to voice-overs or
something)... Anyone use one of these and care to report?

-jeff

Archived from groups: rec.audio.pro (More info?)

Jeff Olsen wrote:
> Considering this as an addition to my studio. I'd like it to have
"pleasing
> color" and not be cloudy or smeared. It'd be used on electric
guitars and
> vocals at a minimum; other things it excelled at would be a bonus.
Pristine
> perfect transparency would not be the goal with this amp but I would
not
> want something that was only usable sometimes because it was so
colored. At
> present I use a Sytek, a couple Peavey VMP2's, and my Neotek board as
my
> primary preamps. I mostly record music (as opposed to voice-overs or
> something)... Anyone use one of these and care to report?
>
> -jeff

Are you trolling?

If not, try Google with "MP2-NV". That will give you more info than
you probably need. Personally, I'd try to hear one before buying. Try
Fletcher at Mercenary Audio. They will ship you one and take it back
if you don't like it.

Wayne

Archived from groups: rec.audio.pro (More info?)

Jeff Olsen wrote:

> Considering this as an addition to my studio. I'd like it to have "pleasing
> color" and not be cloudy or smeared. It'd be used on electric guitars and
> vocals at a minimum; other things it excelled at would be a bonus. Pristine
> perfect transparency would not be the goal with this amp but I would not
> want something that was only usable sometimes because it was so colored. At
> present I use a Sytek, a couple Peavey VMP2's, and my Neotek board as my
> primary preamps. I mostly record music (as opposed to voice-overs or
> something)... Anyone use one of these and care to report?

Get it, and if you can swing it, get the NV EQ, too. These aren't "once
in a while" tools. This is "go to" kit. Coloration is subtley tweakable,
and you'd be hard-pressed to get anything muddy unless you feed 'em mud
in the first place.

--
ha