[Roger A. Modjeski]

One of my apprentices here is very into recording and we are designing a tube mic preamp based on the 6922 tube. It is transformer balanced in and out with transformers I am developing. It appears that with most engineers using computers for recording and mastering the one thing they still need in front of their converters is a good mic preamp that does direct (DI) also.

We have looked at a lot of what is currently available and I am very disappointed with what I see. I think we will have something good to contribute at a reasonable price.

Are there interested members here? Let your recording friends know also.

[santacore]

As a full time post production mixer, I would interested in your mic preamp. I look forward to hearing more about your design and specs.

John

[Clio09]

I would be interested. I would also like to have a tube tape head preamp so I can bypass the internal electronics of my Otari and take the output from the tape head. Something that would work nice with the RM-10.

[Russell Dawkins]

We have looked at a lot of what is currently available and I am very disappointed with what I see. I think we will have something good to contribute at a reasonable price.

If you have an opportunity to audition the AEA preamps, I think you should. I see these as solidly engineered devices at realistic prices.

http://www.ribbonmics.com/aea/products2.html

I'd be interested to know how you were disappointed in what you have uncovered so far and which areas of performance you are targeting with your design.

[Roger A. Modjeski]

The mic preamp design has brought up some questions about maximum output level and the idea of creating distortion to give vocals a "richer" quality. Any comments?

On a related subject, here is an excellent article on The Loudness War  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war

and an interesting article on recording levels and headroom  http://www.massivemastering.com/blog/index_files/Proper_Audio_Recording_Levels.php