These are great analytics, man. I'm not in the market to buy any more boosters as I've got plenty for at least the next lifetime, but the numbers and explanation in detail here is fantastic. Great work.
Thanks, much appreciated. I thought it might be interesting to run a few tests on what many of us using boosters with a number of preamps hear all the time. It's a bit funny, but one of the last things I usually think about is adding a booster because my preamp doesn't have enough gain... Cheers.
@@askdrtk I've got loads of quality preamps, so gain itself has never been an issue on my end. I've always used boosters for clean headroom on certain ribbons and dynamic mics.
If you think that you will ever need several more boosters the Cloudlifter CL-4 rack mounted units pop up quite often for around 200 bucks on the used market. I bought all of my Cloudlifter 19" rack units used, and they've all been super solid built like tanks. They aren't like some pieces of gear that are iffy on the used side.
Preamp self noise has always has been an issue, which is why gain-staging is important. Making any one stage in your recording chain "work too hard" is okay when you want plenty of saturation / distortion, but for the cleanest sound with the least noise, gradually bring the signal up to the desired level is usually most effective. Mic boosters are particularly useful when a preamp needs to be driven above 80% of its maximum gain. This of course only helps with preamp self-noise, on the condenser microphone side, options are more limited to placement requiring less gain other than using another mic with "less" self noise... Cheers!
These are great analytics, man. I'm not in the market to buy any more boosters as I've got plenty for at least the next lifetime, but the numbers and explanation in detail here is fantastic. Great work.
Thanks, much appreciated. I thought it might be interesting to run a few tests on what many of us using boosters with a number of preamps hear all the time. It's a bit funny, but one of the last things I usually think about is adding a booster because my preamp doesn't have enough gain... Cheers.
@@askdrtk I've got loads of quality preamps, so gain itself has never been an issue on my end. I've always used boosters for clean headroom on certain ribbons and dynamic mics.
Awesome video i got the Cloudlifter CL-2 and is great..
Thank you so much..😊
But... Where is tube saturation demonstration you mentioned?
Fantastic video. I bought the Se DM1 booster because of this channel. I plan on buying another one next month
Glad you enjoyed the video and thank for letting me know the DM1 is working out well for you! ! The DM1 is excellent...never let me down.
If you think that you will ever need several more boosters the Cloudlifter CL-4 rack mounted units pop up quite often for around 200 bucks on the used market. I bought all of my Cloudlifter 19" rack units used, and they've all been super solid built like tanks. They aren't like some pieces of gear that are iffy on the used side.
Mic boosters are for dynamic & ribbon mics, condenser mics you won't need a booster,
Great video. Thanks
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
@@askdrtk I meant to ask you, have you tested/reviewed the Triton Fethead? I was considering purchasing one of those.
I always find self noise to be hard issue to deal with when more gain is needed.
Preamp self noise has always has been an issue, which is why gain-staging is important. Making any one stage in your recording chain "work too hard" is okay when you want plenty of saturation / distortion, but for the cleanest sound with the least noise, gradually bring the signal up to the desired level is usually most effective. Mic boosters are particularly useful when a preamp needs to be driven above 80% of its maximum gain. This of course only helps with preamp self-noise, on the condenser microphone side, options are more limited to placement requiring less gain other than using another mic with "less" self noise... Cheers!
Interesting someone in your field using a sm7b. Why? Not good. I think people believe they look cool or something.