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  • August 13, 2009 at 4:10 pm #78782
    Marko
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    I expect to be purchasing a Black Finger tube compressor for guitar soon, and have heard that it is excellent for use as a microphone DI. However, since it only has 1/4″ and not Balanced XLR I/O, how would using an adaptor impact the performance? Would it be noisy? Lose tone or texture..?

    BTW, I have been a fan of EHX since “forever,” and have used EHX gear and big Morley pedals after being astounded by what I witnessed Robert Fripp do with them many moons ago. Things have only gotten exponentially better here at Electro-Harmonix, and I am really looking forward to expanding my equipment adventure.

    This is my first Post, and I find it amusing that the Spell Check wants to change the company name to “Harmonicas.”

    -Marko

    September 27, 2009 at 9:47 pm #101830
    babymicrobe
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    You will not be able to plug a microphone directly in the Black Finger. You need to use a microphone preamp before it, or you could possibly patch it into a channel insert if you are using a mixer.

    September 27, 2009 at 9:50 pm #101831
    Fender&EHX4ever
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    I’ll bet this sounds great before the BlackFinger:

    micpre.jpg

    September 27, 2009 at 11:38 pm #101832
    babymicrobe
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    It definitely would! Its a great sounding mic preamp.

    September 28, 2009 at 1:01 am #101833
    Fender&EHX4ever
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    It definitely would! Its a great sounding mic preamp.

    I can’t wait to get one. Right now I’m using a Presounus Bluetube DP, which is pretty good for a budget 2 channel preamp, but the tube feature is kind of a bogus gimmick. All I hear is a bit of grainy distortion added to the signal when the tube is introduced. The bulk of the signal is still solid state. IIRC, the EHX Mic Pre’s signal path is entirely tube driven :love: I’m hoping it will complement my RODE NTK nicely.

    September 28, 2009 at 4:02 pm #101843
    Marko
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    Wow. I have to look into this Mic-Pre unit. I’ll go through the board otherwise, which I always do, but more tubes is my desire…..with real saturation, etc….not just to have a good-luck tube in there somewhere.

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