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Rating And Reviews: PreSonus Studio Channel

Class A vacuum tube microphone/instrument preamplifier. Variable VCA compressor. Analog VU meter.

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"Eureka's got a baby brother!" submitted February 18, 2009

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Musical Background: musician
Music Style: acoustic/electric roots rock
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Sound: With this mic-pre,my vocals are HUGE!The compressor does a great job taming my very loud and beefy vocal style.I also love the flexibility of the compressor.EQ works well on the voice,but i'm still working with it on acoustic guitar.(i probably should change my strings) Anyway,great product and with the pricetag @ around $300.....it's a steal. Feature: The features on this baby are awesome.I love the soft-knee option and gain make-up on the compressor and the shelving/peak-dip on the EQ.The preamp has some handy features as well. Ease of Use: This is my first piece of front-end gear and it was very easy to figure out. Quality: I accidently dropped it when taking it out of the box and it's worked fine ever since. Well built. Value: Great buy! Manufacturer Support: Had questions about product when first purchased.Technician was very helpful and friendly. The Wow Factor: It does look cool mounted below my multi-tracker.The VU meter is classic,but I needed everything this unit had to offer for quality sounding recordings and it has and does still deliver. Overall: I was recording straight into my 8-track recorder using a large-d condenser(vocals and acoustic guitar)I had no mic-pre or control of dynamics other than fader riding.I was getting very decent results,but now with the studio channel I'm getting great results.This unit will bring your home recordings to the next level.
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"CLARITY" submitted October 22, 2012

By John R in Novato, CA
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Musical Background: 1st year/home studio
Music Style: HIP HOP and R and B
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Overall: I am very happy with my purchase.without the no interest payment plan,I might not have been able to get my well needed preamp.zZounds is where it's at!
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"Must Have Item For Any Studio" submitted June 21, 2012

By Oscar D in Copperas Cove, TX
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Musical Background: 18 years as a artist/producer/engineer
Music Style: Hip Hop/Rap/R&B
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Overall: I picked this lil puppy up, plugged it in and starting turning knobs......WOW!!!! The sound that came from my mic (AKG C214) was awesome and it reduced the amount of effects needed in Pro Tools. For what this baby does, it could easily be priced 3 times as much. I don't really mess with the tube drive that much but depending on who I'm recording, I will add a lil tube to their vocals. The only improvement I would make to this unit is adding the power button on the front or something. Why? Because my rack is full now so in order to turn it off I have to go behind the rack and turn off the power. (My quick fix to that is having the entire rack plugged into a power strip....that way I can just flip the switch on the power stip.....not sure if that's a good idea though). Overall, you can not go wrong with this unit; especially if you want clean, transparent vocals.
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"presonus does it again for a great price.." submitted March 13, 2009

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Musical Background: hobbyist, active musician
Music Style: hip hop, rock, jazz
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Sound: great sound especially if you learn to tweak it to your kind of music, its a very good product for your buck seriously.. ive use avalons etc.. and trust me this delivers a very good sound. not because i own one. worth every penny.
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"i love this preamp i" submitted February 23, 2013

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Overall: it goes a good job i goes reall well PreSonus AudioBox 22VSL USB Audio Interface
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