For the original Focusrite Control|24, the preamps are nice. They're apparently a cut above the Platinum. They're not bad for ribbons as they're fairly quiet. That said, I don't know about the current c24. There's talk that they're made in China but, frankly, even Focusrite had been manufacturing in China for years. Don't let the names fool you, Companies that were once high-end like Focusrite and SSL have discovered that there's a whole market of semi-professionals who hear the name and drool. Of course, as the large studios are closing and there's less opportunity to sell a five hundred thousand dollar console, they'd rather sell ten fifty thousand dollar consoles or, even better, one hundred five thousand dollar surfaces. Yea,for bigger markets, eh?
All that aside, I'd bet the preamps in the C24 are really good. Let's face it, the pres on even the 002 weren't bad. They weren't great but they weren't bad either. Slau On Nov 25, 2010, at 11:40 AM, Frank Carmickle wrote: > > On Nov 25, 2010, at 11:02 AM, Slau Halatyn wrote: > >> Hi Frank, >> >> Well, I'm not sure how it is with the 003 but, with the Control|24 and, I'm >> sure, with the new C24, When you select, say, an EQ plug-in on a track and >> hit the fader flip mode, simply pressing any other track's dedicated EQ >> button automatically brings up that track's EQ settings. The same holds true >> for compressor or dynamics plug-ins. It's pretty quick. That efficiency >> comes at a high price, of course. I think the current C24 sells for around >> $8,000 or so. For an audio professional, it's absolutely worth every penny >> but for someone just trying to record themselves, hardly worth it, given how >> much other critical gear can be had for that sum. >> > Well I am looking to do this full time. Every dollar that's spent on > streamlining my workflow and speeding up sessions will be more clients I can > please. I really think that efficiency is key for us being competitive in > this market. > > Any idea of how the mic pres are in the c24? The specs are okay. They only > give 51 db of gain. Won't be plugging any ribbons in to that. > > Thanks > --FC >
