At 1:48 AM +0000 31/5/06, jonathankek2000 wrote: >That's a tough one.....cheap and quality mic pre would not be >something you would use in the same sentence. > >A lot of people on this forum like the Metric Halo 2 channel mic pre. >They say it is really nice and not that expensive. > >I like the Avalon, Neve, and Manley. but these are not for the cheap guy. I have never used one myself, but one consistently identified as really good value for money is the FMR Audio Really Nice Mic-Pre, which at $US 499 is often compared to bits of gear at several times the price. But good mic pres also seem to be somewhat of a matter of taste, so YMMV. Cheers David ----------------------------------------------------------------- LUG Group Buy for Serato's Pitch n' Time LE until May 31st! See http://logic-users.org/groupbuy/serato for full details