steviedee Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 (edited) I dunno if ‘New Preamp Day’ is a thing but it is for me! Cranborne Audio Camden EC1! Loving it, really cool. Edited May 31 by steviedee 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibob Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 Ah nice, this is who I work for (for the next two weeks anyway haha). Really glad you’re enjoying it! It’s a bit of a sleeper preamp for bass! Hyper clean, but then add it the Mojo to taste (I loooove cream for that). Tim Lefebvre’s preamp of choice for recording! Si // Cranborne Audio 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviedee Posted June 1 Author Share Posted June 1 (edited) 4 hours ago, Sibob said: Ah nice, this is who I work for (for the next two weeks anyway haha). Really glad you’re enjoying it! It’s a bit of a sleeper preamp for bass! Hyper clean, but then add it the Mojo to taste (I loooove cream for that). Tim Lefebvre’s preamp of choice for recording! Si // Cranborne Audio Awesome Si it’s great, if you are off to some new gig ….. good luck! Edited June 1 by steviedee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviedee Posted June 1 Author Share Posted June 1 I’m keen to try the link out to a little valve amp I have and record a clean from the EC1 and an overdriven tone from the amp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibob Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 2 hours ago, steviedee said: Awesome Si it’s great, if you are off to some new gig ….. good luck! Thanks, it’s a bittersweet move as they’re a great company making genuinely amazing gear! 16 minutes ago, steviedee said: I’m keen to try the link out to a little valve amp I have and record a clean from the EC1 and an overdriven tone from the amp. Yeah that’s a great way to work, loads of options! Si 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tayste_2000 Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 This is my current preamp and practice tool of choice, its absolutely fantastic. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramirez Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 Fantastic box - I have an EC1 and 4x Camden 500 preamps. It’s an absolutely wonderful bass preamp ond top of being a top quality mic pre, studio processor, headphone amp, etc etc etc… If I ever start gigging double bass again it will definitely be my rig, be it with a mic or a pickup (though you can’t blend between the two to send to FOH) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramirez Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 (edited) On 01/06/2024 at 07:04, steviedee said: I’m keen to try the link out to a little valve amp I have and record a clean from the EC1 and an overdriven tone from the amp. Worth a try, but the 'Cream' setting on the Camden beats most amps for drive for my taste! The 'Thump' is very good on clean bass though - it does something very nice. And try it in conjunction with the HPF - if you use a lot of Thump, the HPF can tame it in a nice way without stealing all your bottom end. It's also a great IEM mixer. I doubt we're a sizeable market for Cranborne, but a bass-specific version would be absolutely brilliant (and would be very appealing to any number of live acoustic instruments too) *Two blendable inputs, with at least one of them switchable between mic and Hi-Z for double bassists (though I think you could do this with an EC2), *Independent Thump and Cream controls (I often use two Camden 500 in series on bass in the studio, one on Thump and one on Cream) *Slightly more gig friendly form factor *9v outputs for tuner/other pedals *Perhaps some extra magic sauce derived from the new Carnaby units (I'm really tempted with the stereo rack version of this for the studio!) The 500 ADAT racks almost tick all the boxes for me too, brilliantly thought out, but a couple of drawbacks makes it unsuitable for my need (mainly that you can't select ADAT as source for the headphone amps, and that there's no independent access to the A/D and D/A stages - everything is tied to the 500 slots.) Aled Edited June 2 by Ramirez 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviedee Posted June 2 Author Share Posted June 2 Thanks for all the info folks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibob Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 On 02/06/2024 at 08:25, Ramirez said: Worth a try, but the 'Cream' setting on the Camden beats most amps for drive for my taste! The 'Thump' is very good on clean bass though - it does something very nice. And try it in conjunction with the HPF - if you use a lot of Thump, the HPF can tame it in a nice way without stealing all your bottom end. It's also a great IEM mixer. I doubt we're a sizeable market for Cranborne, but a bass-specific version would be absolutely brilliant (and would be very appealing to any number of live acoustic instruments too) *Two blendable inputs, with at least one of them switchable between mic and Hi-Z for double bassists (though I think you could do this with an EC2), *Independent Thump and Cream controls (I often use two Camden 500 in series on bass in the studio, one on Thump and one on Cream) *Slightly more gig friendly form factor *9v outputs for tuner/other pedals *Perhaps some extra magic sauce derived from the new Carnaby units (I'm really tempted with the stereo rack version of this for the studio!) The 500 ADAT racks almost tick all the boxes for me too, brilliantly thought out, but a couple of drawbacks makes it unsuitable for my need (mainly that you can't select ADAT as source for the headphone amps, and that there's no independent access to the A/D and D/A stages - everything is tied to the 500 slots.) Aled Some interesting thoughts, I’ll pass them on 🙂 Si 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 On 02/06/2024 at 08:25, Ramirez said: *Perhaps some extra magic sauce derived from the new Carnaby units (I'm really tempted with the stereo rack version of this for the studio!) Great, now a preamp which did look interesting looks like it would be really interesting with extra bits. Thanks for that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramirez Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 (edited) 15 hours ago, Sibob said: Some interesting thoughts, I’ll pass them on 🙂 Si Great! Hard to know what could be lost from the EC1 though - I've certainly found all the headphone mixer options and inputs useful in various in-ear monitoring scenarios. The CAST is probably a bit redundant for performing bassists so could be dropped... but having said that, I've used that on stage with an N22 too! Edited June 5 by Ramirez 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramirez Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Owen said: Great, now a preamp which did look interesting looks like it would be really interesting with extra bits. Thanks for that. Ha! You're welcome to borrow one (or two...) if you want to try. I have 2x Camden 500 modules in a small chassis that's not seeing too much use at the moment (another four are in the main studio rack, and the EC1 goes wherever I go to solve all the unpredictable of mic pre/DI/reamping/monitoring problems I face from day to day!). A few days ago it was 'reamping' a real Steinway grand piano through a rotary speaker pedal in an opera recording on location... you can't do with that with all those other great bass preamps ! Edited June 5 by Ramirez 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 Just now, Ramirez said: Ha! You're welcome to borrow one (or two...) if you want to try. I have 2x Camden 500 modules in a small chassis that's not seeing too much use at the moment (another four are in the main studio rack, and the EC1 goes wherever I go to solve all the unpredictable kinds of mic pre/DI/reamp/monitoring problems I face from day to day!) Obv, I shall be PMing you within the next 30 seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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