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Presonus Studio Studio Channel Preamp

#81
Supertanker said:
This unit will only do 10:1...
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than kindly recieve my apolagize, though a 10:1 ratio is more of a limiter in my opinion. Imagine that for every 10dbs it gets on the input of the comp above the threshold it will have a 9 db of gain reduction. So if you hit the comp with -10 db and the thershold is set to -20 the output it will be like -19db on the output before gain make-up
 
#82
Wow this thing is nice looking! :cool:

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#88
geeza said:
Bump for an answer.
Tried playing around with this on my own - everything sounded like mud. Used the settings suggested in the manual... it sounds great! Can't wait to try it with a new power amp.
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I don't think these are published.

It would be great if they were.

I'm sure there are plenty of folks on TB who know the curves for every major bass amp/preamp...

The first thing I did was swap out the tube in mine and BAM!
The pre woke right up.
I put a NOS Sovtek in, huge improvement over the stock tube...
 
#91
Mine just arrived today and I spent the whole afternoon working with it. I was really uninspired at first but after trying some of the presets in the manual and working from them I began to get the hang of it. At this rate by tomorrow night I'll wonder how I ever lived without it.
 
#92
I bought one from MF for $300 less 20% off a while back.
IMO, the compressor was very good and it is a very fair deal.

I sent it back as my Yamaha PB-1 and Ampeg SVP-CL (as well as no longer owned Alembic) just sounded better.

I never really got much of a tube vibe from it but the EQ was decent.

As I remember, it has a reasonably low output but could be great for the right player.
 
#93
Chef-

You were asking last year about this unit being able to cut the low lows to take better care of your eights, without losing the control of the bass EQ. You probably have already seen this, but just in case, this is copied and pasted from the owner's manual:

"80Hz Roll-off. The 80Hz button is a low-end roll-off filter. When pushed in, the 80Hz button causes all frequencies below 80Hz to be attenuated (dropped) by 12dB. This filter can be handy in live and studio applications. For example, the 80Hz filter can help to reduce the “boominess” or “muddiness” of a vocal and improve the overall clarity."
 
#97
Supertanker said:
It has two outs XLR and a TRS.

I use the XLR.

There is no need to use a DI.

Also the unit has no power switch.
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Ordered one last night. We'll see how it goes. Being I dont use a Furman in my rack pulling the plug out to power off will have to do for now. Also my pups are active and I have to use the line in jack in the back. Why is there no need to use this as a DI or can it be used for this purpose?
 
#99
Supertanker said:
It has two outs XLR and a TRS.

I use the XLR.

There is no need to use a DI.

Also the unit has no power switch.
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Got the Presonus Studio Channel today and yes, it has a power switch in the rear of the unit. Didnt care for this pre. Burned it in for 2 hours before hooking up. Turn the tube knob and lots of scratch noise without a bass connected to an input, all the mode push buttons pop thru my speakers when activated with the gains at 9 o'clock, louder when at 1 o'clock. Perhaps a bad unit? I'll be sending it back for another and I'll try again, obviously something wrong with the one I was sent. Has nice usable features however the noise seemed like a less than quality piece of gear.
 
#100
that's disappointing to hear.
i guess that the Eureka seems to be a higher quality piece of gear from Presonus, since it doesn't make any noises when you turn the knobs or use the switches. i also like the fact that the Eureka doesn't use a 'wall-wart'. my only complaint with it is that the knob layout for the parametric eq takes a while to get used to, and i like the knob layout better on your Studio Channel.
 

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