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<blockquote data-quote="Robert Lofgren" data-source="post: 99148" data-attributes="member: 2447">Re: Quality - Is there something I can do?The &#039;problem&#039; you&#039;re mostly having is due to the good quality of the preamps and a digital desk. The preamps are quite neutral and therefor doesn&#039;t add any character to the sound, unlike some analog ssl desk or similar. Having no analog eq-strip doesn&#039;t help either.The bad news: This natural sound can be percieved as &#039;sterile&#039; compared to analog strips or external preamps (since they are built exclusivly to add a character to your sound). In other words, the x32 won&#039;t add any character to your input.The good news: Since the preamps are neutral you won&#039;t have any issue running your external preamp to the xlr inputs on your x32. It will preserve all the meat and goodness from your preamp. Just make sure to get the gain structure correctly set.If you want to add some character to your inputs on the x32 try to use the veq instead of the peq. The veq is more of the british vintage sound of yesteryear. Also, in the fx section there is a tube preamp you can add for that warmth.Uli has said that more emulations are on the way to add to the x32 goodness but we will probably have to wait until v2 of the firmware before that happens...Remember, the hard rule is - If it sounds good, then it is good!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Robert Lofgren, post: 99148, member: 2447"] Re: Quality - Is there something I can do? The 'problem' you're mostly having is due to the good quality of the preamps and a digital desk. The preamps are quite neutral and therefor doesn't add any character to the sound, unlike some analog ssl desk or similar. Having no analog eq-strip doesn't help either. The bad news: This natural sound can be percieved as 'sterile' compared to analog strips or external preamps (since they are built exclusivly to add a character to your sound). In other words, the x32 won't add any character to your input. The good news: Since the preamps are neutral you won't have any issue running your external preamp to the xlr inputs on your x32. It will preserve all the meat and goodness from your preamp. Just make sure to get the gain structure correctly set. If you want to add some character to your inputs on the x32 try to use the veq instead of the peq. The veq is more of the british vintage sound of yesteryear. Also, in the fx section there is a tube preamp you can add for that warmth. Uli has said that more emulations are on the way to add to the x32 goodness but we will probably have to wait until v2 of the firmware before that happens... Remember, the hard rule is - If it sounds good, then it is good! [/QUOTE]

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