Segomil Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Hi, It's about the preamp quality of the HD500X (which is old) related to vocal. If i buy a new interface like the Motu M4 to combine with the HD500X is there any improvement will be heard ... a better sound ? For now i think about connected the HD500X to the MOTU M4. The microphone & the guitar will be on the HD500X ... maybe it's a mistake at least for the microphone the SM7b ?! I have my guitar sounds from the HD500X that I want to keep ... but about the SM7b i know that the pod give me a lot of gain & a very good noise filter ....but the quality will maybe better directly connected to the MOTU ??? Anyway it's a question of sound improvement ! Also which S-PDIF cable to buy to connect the HD500X to the MOTU ? Thanks to all Daniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurghanico Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Segomil said: The microphone & the guitar will be on the HD500X ... maybe it's a mistake Yes, it would be a mistake,.. connect only the guitar to the POD if you really have better options for the voice.. If you buy another (supposedly better;.. and the Motu M4 could be one) audio interface mainly to get a better mic preamp, the mic should be connected directly to it and not to POD, otherwise this solution would not make sense. In this context the very first pre-amplification encountered by the mic signal is what makes the difference. In this way, for the effects on the voice you can use only the plugins available in the recording software, for the guitar you can use the effects available in the POD and/or those available in the recording software. PS. I just discovered that the two of us have talked about similar topics time ago: https://line6.com/support/topic/55928-is-a-preamp-like-gap-pre-73-can-be-good-for-the-hd500x/ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segomil Posted January 2, 2022 Author Share Posted January 2, 2022 Exactly, so i will go for the M4 ... since 2013 ... it should transform the sound as it should ! Thanks again I found that the MOTU do not has S-PDIF connexion ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhead Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Personally, I would spend my $$ on a better quality microphone than a mic preamp. It's not even clear that the MOTU is a better preamp than the HD500X. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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