Tube Preamp Pedal - DAW recording

[jmccanna]

Hi,

I have been studying the one-off (possibly two versions) of the tube preamp pedal.  I am impressed by its size and the use of the small transformer in reverse.  I am working on a music project for my own songs and wonder as to its usefulness as a guitar preamp going in directly into my soundcard (Old beautiful Echo Mona).  I have a few other tube based preamps I have cobbled together that sound terrific running live where their inherent noise is masked. When I plug them into the soundcard though the noise is very discernible.

I recognize that I can plug the guitar in directly and use amp modeling but it just is not the same.  As a player I rely on the sound of the guitar going in a great deal.

Question 1: With the adjustments made by rerouting wires, removing the relay and such would this little pedal be a good choice for recording direct?

Question 2: I love the sound of the EF86. Would it work to have an EF86 as the second tube recognizing that the pinout is different?

[nandrewjackson]

I've used the little torroidal transformer for a couple preamp projects.  I love that setup.


Question 1, yes, if your layout is good, it should be fine for recording.


Question 2, EF86 would be a different schematic in the audio path,  but the torroidal transformer would be fine to power it.

[Williamblake]

Pardon my ignorance, what tube pedal are you talking about that is sounding so fine? I would be interested.

[jmccanna]

Hi,

Here is the link I was reading:

https://el34world.com/projects/tube_box.htm

[jmccanna]

Thanks for the answer nandrewjackson.  Not that I need another project but you know sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.  It looks pretty cool to me and I have a lot of spare parts lying around.

Best,

James