Hey I'm just wondering if anyone has ever stood up the presonus firepod pre's against anything mackie, especially whatever is in the old 24.8's. I can't find anyone playing with the firepods who is worth their salt, so I figured maybe they're scared to admit it. Basically, I have one laying around and one of the studios I manage just acquired an old mackie 24.8 and I haven't had the opportunity to shoot them out. I heard a comparison of the firepod to the mackie vlz, but i'll just say the conductor of the test was...rusty...on his scientific method. One straight in, one thru a DI, different converters, etc.
Now, I really want to know about just the pre's on the firepod, when not used through the A/D. I've used them that way quite enough to know how grainy and lifeless the conversion leaves your signal. I have experimented and found that when you leave the firewire connection unconnected the unit defaults to a standard mic pre, with each pre feeding its respective line out. My plan was to find out if the firepod pre is worse/same/better than the mackie pre when used standalone, and not with its A/D. However, maybe someone out there already has and can save me the trouble. If not, I'll give it a shot and post the results.
I use a Jim Williams-modded HD24XR for converters.
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Topic: Budget pre's, Mackie vs. Presonus? (Read 3521 times)