Possibly if used just like demoed; right on top of it. However, a more natural sound would to be not on top of it, bringing you back to the same scenario of too much room. Nothing can replace a well treated room.

I believe you mean Tube Pre with Solid State amp. Here are a few things to consider. The preamp section is where most of the mojo will happen in comparison to the amp section. This is because the preamp is where we are focused on processing the signal and the amp section is focused on moving a speaker. Having a tube pre with solid state amp will give you most of the color from tubes in the system. Switching to a tube amp after the tube pre will be less of a difference in most cases. But, one thing you have to take into account with manufactures of tube equipment, is that they can design their circuitry to sound whatever they want it to be; bright, brittle, warm, harmonics , no harmonics. Just cause it has a tube in it, does not mean it will automatically be warm with plenty of harmonics. But it allows the option during the design phase to get to a warm sound with a lot of harmonics. Therefore the vision of the manufacture dictates what the overall soundscape of the product will be. Obviously it is in the manufactures best interest to use tube circuitry for its ability to create harmonics etc.., but due to budget constraints, marketing ploys and vision of the soundscape, this might not be the case. Even though this video was specifically for microphone preamps in the pro audio world, my statements here apply to Pro and the HiFi world.

@@purewaveaudio Thank you so much for the detailed explanation as well as the caution about the design considerations of the various manufacturers. I am not sure if you had a chance to listen to the C22 (Mark v) from McIntosh - their latest iteration of their C22 Vacuum Tube Preamplifier lineup......One other question if I may: I already have a McIntosh solid state integrated amp.....Would you recommend adding a tube preamp before the signal reaches the integrated amp? In other words, I was hoping to just use my integrated, instead of buying a dedicated solid state amp.....Hope that makes sense. I am guessing that the answer is no, since the signal will be going through 2 preamps, which doesn't make sense......Thanks again and Cheers!

Its a personal decision since all eq's sound different. Check out this other video kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJmWmqywrcSCars

I use the may mike monorail system for the kick, and their regular system for inside toms. For the most comprehensive tutorial on selecting, tuning, miking drums check out bit.ly/TheStudioEdge

Best to use a Direct Box first to get it to proper levels. Something like this for stereo inputs. purewaveaudio.com/rupert-neve-designs-rndi-s

@@purewaveaudio Thanks, Millenia replied to me yesterday. Here is the company's answer: "Yes, the HV-3 input stage can accept up to around +20dBu without a pad."

@@Musical.Maze.1 Sure, but you still have to do a switchover in cabling. A DI takes care off all that in one swoop.

@@purewaveaudio So.... first I connect the gear to an 8 channel DI BOX, then take the 8 outs from the DI and plug them to the Millenia and the 8 outs from the Millenia to plug them straight into the audio interface card?

@@Musical.Maze.1 Your path is correct. If you believe this will be a permanent setup just for that gear, then yes this would work. Otherwise if you need flexibility, we would introduce a patch bay and another set of cabling. Depending on the volume of your instruments, you can patch in directly or use a DI in-between. So it could be INST>patch>Preamp, then Preamp>patch>Interface.

Obviously you did not listen to the video that gives you all the gotchas of what you are getting into when updating the software of this console especially if it has not been done in a long while so you do not brick your system and have proper expectations. The title is not how to. It explains you have to go to Yamaha tech support to go through their multiple different ways that are not published to finish the job. It also gives you the boundaries to know if you have the expertise to do so or yo need an IT person. Stupid or Gold?

I have the same dilemma as you, in the end what did you choose? I've seen you commenting on other similar videos hahaha ,

Prerecorded through xrl inputs.

@@purewaveaudio would you be so kind as to sharing how you did that please? I am using it as my front end channel strip right now for recording vocals but I would like to also use it for mixing but I can’t seem to find a way to get that to happen for me.. do I need a patch bay as the manual suggest? I have an audient id44 interface that I’m trying to do this with but everything I try doesn’t work. Any help is most appreciated!

@@conquerer1984 You just need to send a signal out of your interface into the mic in, or better yet the DI input with 20 db pad on front. Then route as usual back into your interface.

@@purewaveaudio thank you very much!

@@purewaveaudio I had one more question if you don’t mind. When you set up your unit do you set it up as mono or stereo and when playing the source back I noticed when I engaged the processing on in my daw the level got quieter then original level when bypassed.. Is this normal? Thanks!

We have learned that all measures that lead to improved sound quality with analog audio signals are also effective with power cables and digital signals. That is not necessarily tied to skin effect though.

RIGHTT lmao i was thinking the same thing

interested in knowing this as well!

PQ is more typical functionality with 5 bands all having Q adjustments, massive overlap per band and all detents for recall. Passeq is Passive, Q adjust only on high end, and has 3 boost bans and 3 cut bands with detents. As I mention in the video; Passeq = broad strokes, PQ surgical if needed.

@@purewaveaudio thank you for the details - do they share the same sonic character?

@@mixedbyedd No, they are different animals since one is active and one is passive. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGrPkIqIbK9sfdk

I just got for £500 the sE Electronics Munro 150 what is the first version and i believe not much difference from this version. Myself i prefer the sE Electronics version . I love the brand sE Electronics i have the Ghost Acoustics panels from them and the microphone Gemini ii , everything sE Electronics does is great quality the only thing is bad is the publicity to their product , it is shocking i don't know any other brand that does amazing products but are a disaster when comes to publicity, what really is shame . I was looking today to buy monitors, i was looking into the Yamaha HS5 and these they come up . I was very surprised as i didn't know sE Electronics had this product. I went to check reviews and videos and not only one i found that was ok , in the end i ended up buying them before someone would have pressed the bottom buy now😂 i think i have a decent monitors for my bedroom studio as the ones i have are from Reloop adm-5 😂 is quite an upgrade even compared to Yamaha HS5 😎

@@clarissaanaferreirasieiro2127 Yeah, to me it seems like the newer version was just "different", not necessarily better than the sE ones. Good find at that price!! Just be careful with the stands they sit on; I think people have had some issues with them cracking as they age, and that's gonna be a tough one to find replacements for. Oh and the company Sedgewall is still providing service on these if you ever need it!

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Frequency is "you understood". And phase, sum and difference refers to multiple signals which is not in this case scenario so it does not apply. Thanks

@@purewaveaudio but those are all examples of things we can measure. Measuring audio equipment is easy, there doesn’t have to be some kind of ‘belief’ in the gear. You can measure what your cables do to your signal.

@@djClubMoney Not exactly true. It does not measure character. I can have two units that spec out the same on the meters and sound totally different in real application. It happens all the time. I even try to FFT to see if I can see something and I can't, but it is a night and day difference in the character of the sound.

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