Warm Audio's FIRST Tube Mic Preamp | WA-2MPX Review

[@JacobDarkOfficial]

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[@LosFicosMusic]

What are your exact favorite settinfs

[@samchoate1719]

I really want to hear this with the tape saturation on but without the input cranked. I know what the distortion will sound like, but I want to hear what difference the tape sat alone makes

[@billthompson2860]

The unit is great but the singing Emperor is naked.

[@JKOnTheTrack]

Rap demo was tight, she got skill. That's what I came for thinking if I could use it for my rap vocals. I think this would be a dope preamp to have. Gonna get this one.

[@JacobDarkOfficial]

Kree23 is definitely one of the best in my area, glad the first comment acknowledged her! And absolutely can use it for clean tube gain

[@JKOnTheTrack]

@@JacobDarkOfficial no doubt. Props to her I checked out some of her music earlier today. Very nice. I just ordered it to try it out. Can’t wait. Thanks for the review.

[@Jmoorelive21]

This video was very informative and both artist sounded amazing thank you for showing the samples and showing the difference not alot of creators do this so it was good to see this in real time

[@JacobDarkOfficial]

As they say at Chic FIl A, my pleasure!

[@arturo2ro]

Was a pleasure to help out man!!!! Thanks again!!!

[@JacobDarkOfficial]

💯

[@Slipsch]

I just wished warm audio build an all in one audio interface with WA-2A Compressor and WA73 Pre-Amps. All analogue, will buy in a heartbeat.

[@JacobDarkOfficial]

Wouldn't be surprised if they eventually release an audio interface

[@Slipsch]

@@JacobDarkOfficial I think they are in a good position to mix different sound signature from different brands in an all in one unit. Really looking forward to it. May I ask why did you decide to get WA-2MPX over WA-2A?

[@clintmangal2038]

Woooowww what a sound. Preamp is crazy! Which type of neumann mic is this recorded with?

[@JacobDarkOfficial]

TLM49

[@samchoate1719]

that rapper at 4:39 is dope

[@salthedrummer1]

I want one of these in my studio. Live drums ...

[@YSBG_]

Great pre amp! I’m currently in school for audio engineering and a hip hop/rap/pop artist as well. GO BIRDS! Fly Eagles Fly! 🦅🦅

[@JacobDarkOfficial]

Birds all day!

[@YSBG_]

@@JacobDarkOfficial is it okay if I email you for advice? I’m learning online and don’t have someone I can ask about gear.

[@JacobDarkOfficial]

Sure thing

[@YSBG_]

@@JacobDarkOfficial thx man

[@HzofArt]

She nice 🔥 good video homie Best review on this far as hip hop application go

[@JacobDarkOfficial]

She is, appreciate it!!

[@ikigai47]

This and other demos online have me worried I just bought it (hasn't arrived yet) I don't get why people want over saturation aside from VERY niche tone chasing (using that effect very rarely). Fingers crossed this is capable of being as warm sounding as the WA73 preamp. But all I've heard it just sounds unnecessarily brittle. Thanks for the demo

[@murcelo]

Good observation! So, did you get and use it? Does it worth the money or is something we don't really need? I'd like to hear your feedback, please.

[@ikigai47]

@@murcelo - Sure. I think it will make some people happy and the build quality / design is great (not on the level of UA's LA-610 quality but still nice and looks amAZing in your rack especially compared to the WA73) but it's not for me. Not as a one and only preamp in a home studio. Best way I can describe it is picturing a 4 or 5 watt amp in terms on headroom. On its least saturated settings, I can sing clean no problem and it will sound warm enough. But only if I sing softly. The moment I try to push my vocals at all, I start to hear saturation come in ever so slightly (much like a 5 watt guitar amp when you are playing clean softly it sounds clean, but when you start strumming harder the gain kicks in). And I'm not even talking about screaming. I did side by side A/B tests with the WA73. WA73 to my ears (it was close) was warmer on soft vocals, but more importantly when pushed the WA73 didn't start to saturate. For what I record (stuff in the vein of Pink Floyd, Radiohead, etc) this isn't a match. When the saturation is more cranked up a bit, it sounds like the vocals for Beastie Boys' Watcha Want: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKaWmHtobKuhbKc So anyway I returned it and will just stick with the WA73, I'm really pleased with that preamp.

[@AlphaWhiskeyyyyyyy]

Are you saying that one will struggle to get a nice strong signal without heavy saturation? Also are you able to achieve both strong & clean as well as strong and saturated with the WA73? @@ikigai47

[@gfromshankside]

Great review! Thank you!

[@justinromero3481]

Arturo salas in the intro 🔥🔥

[@arturo2ro]

💯🙏🏼

[@eagerelo]

Oh yeah you can definitely tell the difference on the Sure mic using this amp

Great demo. I liked the rapper-what's her name?

[@JacobDarkOfficial]

She's great, Kree23

[@drakewatkins2624]

Thank you for posting the rap to see how it works with the genre amazing preamp 🔥

[@JacobDarkOfficial]

Glad it was helpful!

[@eagerelo]

Id like this on a condenser. I want to podcast. And I think this would make my voice sound soon crisp

[@JacobDarkOfficial]

It will definitely do crisp

[@ryancrawford9894]

Overkill for podcasting. Find the right mic, practice your technique and post production skills.

[@Slipsch]

This thing sounds better than your neve 1073spx

[@michaelbain6402]

Wow, she can spit!

[@JacobDarkOfficial]

Yes she can!

[@HarmonicMolecues]

Problem is 12AX7 and 12AU7 are not great for microphone preamps, there are better tubes

[@dharmaone77]

which tube would you swap the 12ax7 for?

[@MMSMUZIK]

Kree23 is amazing rapper! Your channel is amazing and your content is always real and u biased! Thank you

[@JacobDarkOfficial]

Appreciate you!

[@ramencurry6672]

Sound is good but I couldn’t understand her lyrics

[@RayoBeatz]

this is gonna make bad sales i'd maybe get it for $299 but... eh.