Golden Age Project Pre-73 Microphone Preamp Review - TheRecordingRevolution.com

[naminnooman]

HI Graham, would u recommend this preamp particularly when we have a clone of Neve 1073 on the LS56? Do you hear a difference between this one and the Golden Age?

[drjoe2323]

Need help bought the golden age and plugged it into the mbox 2 sounds good thru the speakers but when play back after recording sounds super distorted

[jayrodizzle]

@drjoe2323 Are you taking care to make sure you are using a line input instead of a mic imput? otherwise idk! haha

[KarmaMusik]

Hey , Good Review,

i have a question, have you added any effects in the receptive or is the vocal without effects ?

sry for my bad english ^^

Greetings from Germany

[recordingrevolution]

@KarmaMusik This is the final mix, but with minimal effects on the vocal. It was a simple song to record.

[KarmaMusik]

@recordingrevolution Well,thank you, you have helped me a lot with ur Review

[HeavyCrownRecords]

Thanks very the info. Very informative. I'll be Ordering this today. I can only find it for 349.00 though. Do you know of a site where it's still 299.00?

I'm also using an Mbox for pro-tools. Is that all I'll need to use this pre-amp on my PC?

[recordingrevolution]

@HeavyCrownRecords Yeah they updated the preamp and now sell it for $50 more. That setup should work just fine.

[Myreverlation]

I Have A M.Audio Box ...But I Can't hear Myself In The Headphones While I'm Rapping In This Certain Program...Do I Need A Pre Amp For My Mic?... And If I Do ...I Dont Want It To Change The Sound I Have Now So Is There A Preamp That Is Just For Boosting Your Mic In The Headphones And Not Changing Your Sound?

[recordingrevolution]

@Myreverlation This is a software (or M-audio) related issue. You don't need another preamp, you just need to figure out how to setup your headphone mixes with your system.

[ToneQuestDemos]

On that vocal track at the end of your video, what mic did you use with GAP?

[recordingrevolution]

@ToneQuestDemos Kel HM-2d

[floppybiscuits]

@recordingrevolution Did you mean transistors instead of transformers?

[sdancer75]

Hi,

What preamp would you recommend for this price +-20% ?

[Zazquatch1]

Have you tried the Steve Slate Virtual Console upon mixing?

Does it have enough Neve vintage sound?

[recordingrevolution]

@Zazquatch1 Haven't used that plugin bundle yet.

[TheRealFlapman]

A very informative review, thank you for this!

[lightsaved]

Hello! Has anybody used the Pre73 - Rode K2 combination??? If you have, pls let me me know of your experience.. Thanks

[pwyndam]

@lightsaved I am using a GAP 73 pre modified by ZenPro audio with carnhill transformers and tantalum transistors with a Rode NTK. If you wanna check out a song I did with this setup check my song Rack and Ruin out on ReverbNation or Myspace. Just do a search for Wyatt Scott. I write and record my original punk and folk songs. I absolutely love my GAP and My NTK and highly recommend that pairing. The K2 is even better I've heard than the NTK so I don't think you'll be disappointed.

[japasetelagoas]

Just for the record,can i record 2 condenser mics at the same time with it?or is it single channel?

[DevonHFM]

What interface do you use?

[lucaandfriends]

Hi Graham.. do you think that GAP preamp will improve the quality of my recordings made with the preamps of my m audio fast track pro? The noise floor on the FTP is not so low! Thanks!

[recordingrevolution]

@lucaandfriends I don't believe that simply swapping preamps will make your recordings improve. There are many other things I would suggest before buying a preamp like the GAP. So it's hard for me to say in your case :-)

[HEYJoeSergio]

now that the MK II is out, would you recommend that

[o01q2w3e]

good review homie...i got an mkii preordered coming hopefully next month (ship date keeps changing)

[Superfly7676]

Great review. I'm thinking about picking up one of these myself. A bit OT but who is the artist that you played at the end for the example? I really like his sound and would like to pick it up if it's for sale anywhere.

[TheMandalaVirusJJ]

Great demo man, please do more!

[GatewayXl]

Would you say this preamp is the best in its price range for vocals?

[recordingrevolution]

@GatewayXl Hard to make a claim like that. Lots of great vocal preamps out there. This one is excellent.

[Poachy20]

HI your tutorials are awesome, I was wondering if you could you do a video on how to setup the mic pre? I really want to buy a mic pre, but i'm not a 100% sure how to hook it up to my Mbox 2 mini?

[recordingrevolution]

@Poachy20 I did a post recently on the blog on how to hook up an external preamp. Check that out as it might help.

[Poachy20]

@recordingrevolution ok thanks man it definitely helped

[imovielad]

Who's the artist?

[AtRest2k]

What type of mic did you use to track the vocals with the song?

[recordingrevolution]

@AtRest2k Kel Audio H2-MD

[triclops8]

Thank you, but it´s not really obvious without knowing which mic you used and without having a with/without pre 73 situation to compare.

[recordingrevolution]

@triclops8 I understand, but I just find those listening tests pointless. With so many mic choices, vocalists, rooms to record in, settings used, it could sound very different. I just picked one simple use of it so you could hear it in action.

[triclops8]

@recordingrevolution Of course in a test comparing the sound with/without that preamp, the vocalist, the mic and the room should be the same;-) But I don´t want complain that much, thanks for your video, I´m thinking about getting one of these myself for a couple of weeks now.

[jamesbordy]

It's not solid state? It is in FACT solid state! There are two types of mic pres....tube and SOLID STATE! It's not tube, so take a wild guess which one it is?

[recordingrevolution]

@jamesbordy I spoke incorrectly. Meant to distinguish the fact that it is a discrete signal path with transformers, unlike more budget pres. Annotation is made.

[BradAlturn]

Was that the raw vocal track?

[recordingrevolution]

@BradAlturn Just compression and reverb.

[romodrummerjz]

what monitors are those in the back?

[Marol]

@romodrummerjz M1 Active by Alesis