Earthworks 1021 1022 1024 Mic Preamp Video Demo

[maxauto44e]

yo, would this mic pre work well for orchestral recordings combined with earthwork mics?

[soundpurestudios]

@maxauto44e Absolutely. And, it will work great with other mics as well... basically if you are getting a great sound out of your mics, the Earthworks will delver that great sound in an unadulterated way. They are carrying forward the their mic reputation (accuracy and detail ) with this incredible pre. But honestly, the preamp is tough to argue with, as it is truly accurate and transparent. We've had great success with lots of classical projects- call us anytime to discuss: +1 919.682.5552

[FreaqyFrequency]

@soundpurestudios

Indeed; not another preamp on the market today matches it's <1ppm THD+N spec, so it is in fact the best tool for the job if total transparency is the desired result.

What did you use for recording Jason? The noise floor is noticeably higher whenever the audio cuts to him.

[soundpurestudios]

@FreaqyFrequency On Jason's narrative we used our trusty/cheap cameras, and a lavalier mic- not exactly audiophile stuff!

[FreaqyFrequency]

@soundpurestudios

*its <1ppm THD+N. Usually I'm more careful about the possessive its versus the contraction, but ah well. :p

At any rate, thank you very much for the video. It absolutely astounds me that this piece has been out for 11 years, and not another preamp on the market matches it to date.

[FreaqyFrequency]

On a slightly tangential note, any chance of a Lavry AD122-96MKIII one day? The spec on that is similarly impressive, in terms of AD conversion. >5pp10m THD+N going on there!

[soundpurestudios]

@FreaqyFrequency Interesting idea... we might do something on the more "affordable" Lavry AD10 or AD11, two excellent modern converters, but it's definitely a possibility. Thanks for the suggestion- in the meantime, if we don't get to a video of any of those, we are glad to discuss our experiences with them. We obviously use the gear here, we don't just sling it!

[hueseph]

Nice job on "Falling Grace" by the way.

[soundpurestudios]

@hueseph Will pass it along to the player, thanks!

[hueseph]

Sounds really nice with the QTC(40?)s on acoustic. Those Telefunkens are sweet! Too rich for my pocket book though.

[soundpurestudios]

@hueseph The Acoustic guitar at the beginning was the new SR40 Cardioid Earthworks mics (And we are really loving them). The Earthworks at the end of the video were the QTC40 mics, and they are definitely tried and true. Thanks for the comment. Yes, the Telefunken AR51's are impressive, for an LDC, to be able to pull off that much detail and openness, but still have the smoothness and warmth of and LDC. We were impressed with those too...

[gnrfanatic141414]

i'm assuming this is partley digital, since there's no pot on the gain right?

[soundpurestudios]

@gnrfanatic141414 No, it's 100% analog. The gain stage is actually a stepped switch, not a pot. There are a lot of high end preamps that are this way, but most of them do have a pot somewhere to trim the signal, but this does color the sound as Jason mentioned. 5dB increments are small enough for just about any purpose, but for those that care, the continuously variable attenuation gets it done (on the TRS output). Anyhow, totally analog in and out, no digital at all in this one.

[RAYGproductions]

Nice i like..

[soundpurestudios]

@RAYGproductions Thanks Ray!

[TheMusiciansFriend]

first view

[soundpurestudios]

@TheMusiciansFriend Nicely done! The only problem with youtube is that if you are the first viewer, it's likely that they hadn't fully processed the video quality. Try watching it again!! The video and audio should be better (and it should now let you select 720p HD-quality!)