Manley Tube Preamp
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Manley Tube Preamp
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A. Guth-Rosenstock
Manley Preamp Is great!
A smooth, creamy tube preamp with high headroom.
We put the Manley preamp before our Api Vision Channel strip when we a wanted a smoother, creamy tube effect going into the punchy API for further processing for a more sophisticated, ballad-style, vocal chain.
It also is very useful to add clean to mildly saturated sound as an additional amplifying gain stage following a different preamp in the Unison slot in the vocal chain for powering a Sm-7b without a cloud lifter. It has a large VU helpful to set levels going into the next plug even set to a clean boost. Very useful for example for raising levels to go into a Studer tape plug-in to or higher levels to go into a Fairchild at the sweet spots.
m. slavtcheff
Favorite Preamp
I own the neve preamp, the Avalon and a bunch of others. I’ve taken the time twice to A/B all of them and this one stands out to my ears. I am specifically working with pop for what it’s worth. It provides lots of gain for quiet vocals and is clear as a bell. It is now my go-to.
王. 新
不过的话放
不过的话放
F. Al-Basha
F.Al-Basha
MANLEY has minimum dsp usage, different flavour and color that’s different from any other plug-in. Hope to be free for Manaly VOX or bus ..
B. Byc
Nice Voc
Like the hardware
M. Velásquez Pérez
Great
The best way to save dsp
A. Ogarev
super
super
J. Manning
Nice pre
Nice to have it outside the Voxbox!
D. Montoya
Warm, fat and modern tube mic pre
The interaction between gain and input is where this pre really shines. I own the VOXBOX as well, so I was sceptical at first, but this channel has a voice all its own. From pristine to fat, this pre has a way of a making things sound better.
J. Slavin
Got the Vox Box liked the pre
To me different pre amps are like different flavours, minimum dsp usage, different flavour
Y. Hofmann
Owner of VoxBox
I am not willing to pay twice!
D. Tan
Great preamp!
I already have the Manley Voxbox, but grabbed this baby while it was on sale. Great complement to the Voxbox!
R. Souza
Superb Pre amp. Voxbox owner.
I have Voxbox and other Manleys plugins, and I have to say that I have used Voxbox just a few times, for mixing bass and eq (excellent) but i have a lot of options for that propouse. I tested the new pre and was amazed how analog, detailed and real it sound. Make my main vocal mic (violet globe) sound like never before (Vocals: Manley pre (unison slot) -> C-VOX -> API Vision (filters, expander, EQ, gain stage) -> Distressor All printed way in. RMX and DMX in parallel for monitoring). Best UAD vocal chain since 2013. Like others reviews says, smooth and silky highs, with lots of detail. I using it a lot for mixing bass, gtrs, drums and mix bus. The relationchip between gain and imput controls change the color and impact. Using in by the end of signal chain. by this aproach I notice I'm using less plugins. I can assure you that worth the money (U$25 for Manleys owners) and the pre amp is very different that Voxbox plugin. Try it and judge it for yourself. Merry Christmas!
M. Hagan
Worth it!
I own the Voxbox but decided to grab this just to have the most recent Manley preamp emulation. Glad I did, the warm, rich sound is incredible.
S. Ajay
Make it free for voxbox owners pleaseeeee
It's not listed in plugins to try a demo, very surprised! Btw I'm using Apollo solo
D. Whitaker
Review update
After dropping the price to something reasonable for Vox owners, I'm changing my rating.
A. Martin
Habe es doch gekauft! Nevertheless I've bought it!
As I own the Manley Voxbox I thought I wouldn't need this one. Nevertheless I 've bought it and I'm very happy with it. It sounds wonderful - an excellent preamp. Use it most on vocals!
D. Whitaker
Voxbox
Again bad form folks. This should be free to Voxbox owners.
A. Burroughs
Very cool
Great addition to my arsenal
A. Fazil
Brilliant Pre Amp
Works fantastic, got a great sound for input.