Pre-amps (1 Viewer)

[RED(tape)MENACE]

Uh, depends. It might have a low latency monitoring facility, which is where the input is routed straight to the headphones so you avoid latency that way. You'll have to ask Mr. Manual. Otherwise, it'll be a case of adjusting buffer size and so on to get a good balance there. Higher sample rates = lower latency, too.

 

[kings lead hat]

mbox has a focusrite preamp. really clean. no messin.

 

[Kenny Fuckpole]

Make your Neve 1272 for ~$300!

check this out:
http://www.fivefish.net/diy/neve1272/default.htm

he chats about it on this forum:

http://studio-central.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=9095&sid=50f69ea8e13aa54532fd5196b79f80db

Anybody interested in going in on a bulk buy of a few of those bits?

 

[RED(tape)MENACE]

Seventh Circle Audio make some nice kits, too. Heard some great stuff about theirs. I'd have a real good look into how on the ball his designs are, and I'd definitley want more than one person really liking how they sound before I dived in.

 

[desertedvillage]

The Focusrite trakmaster platinum is the shit: 3 band EQ, (pre or post compressor) compressor, phantom power, warm tube sound.
I use on pretty much all our multi-tracking. It's fantastic on vocals and acoustic guitars. The compressor makes DIing bass a doddle.
You can switch it to line input to use an insert while mixing.
Money well spent.