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Title: M-audio DMP-3 vs. MobilePre
Post by: ronpowell34 on October 24, 2005, 01:00:52 AM
DMP-3 (http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/DMP3-main.html) vs. MobilePre (http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/MobilePreUSB-main.html)

anyone have any thoughts or experience with either of these? would one be noticeably better than the other?
Title: Re: M-audio DMP-3 vs. MobilePre
Post by: poorlyconditioned on October 24, 2005, 02:41:24 AM
Quote from: ronpowell34 on October 24, 2005, 01:00:52 AM
DMP-3 (http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/DMP3-main.html) vs. MobilePre (http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/MobilePreUSB-main.html)

anyone have any thoughts or experience with either of these? would one be noticeably better than the other?

I'd love to know what is inside of the MobilePre.  Even if you didn't use it for an interface, I wonder if the preamp is good.  Eg., is it an INA103 or similar chip.  If so, perhaps you could power with an external 5 or 6V battery.  Use it with a laptop, but also standalone as a preamp, eg., in front of a MD or NJB3.

  Richard
Title: Re: M-audio DMP-3 vs. MobilePre
Post by: noahbickart on October 24, 2005, 02:53:26 AM
Quote from: ronpowell34 on October 24, 2005, 01:00:52 AM
DMP-3 (http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/DMP3-main.html) vs. MobilePre (http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/MobilePreUSB-main.html)

anyone have any thoughts or experience with either of these? would one be noticeably better than the other?

the DMP-3 runs on 9v AC, making it unsuitable for portable use.

-Noah
Title: Re: M-audio DMP-3 vs. MobilePre
Post by: ronpowell34 on October 25, 2005, 12:31:56 AM
thanks for the info
Title: Re: M-audio DMP-3 vs. MobilePre
Post by: Elana on November 22, 2005, 02:35:28 AM
FWIW, I don't know anything about the DMGB-3, but I like the stock UA-5 with a self done digimod better than the mobilepre... I have both.  The mobilepre seems to be a lot more reliable though when it comes to recording to my laptop.  The UA5 has crashed soundforge 5 or 6 times during the middle of recordings.
Title: Re: M-audio DMP-3 vs. MobilePre
Post by: BLOODYJACK on November 22, 2005, 07:45:19 PM
The mobile pre runs its op-amps with + and - 5volts so the headroom is crap but it would work I have already tried running it from a USB 5volt supply as an analogue pre but it has no digi out
Title: Re: M-audio DMP-3 vs. MobilePre
Post by: bluegrass_brad on November 22, 2005, 07:53:01 PM
Quote from: Elana on November 22, 2005, 02:35:28 AM
FWIW, I don't know anything about the DMGB-3, but I like the stock UA-5 with a self done digimod better than the mobilepre... I have both.  The mobilepre seems to be a lot more reliable though when it comes to recording to my laptop.  The UA5 has crashed soundforge 5 or 6 times during the middle of recordings.

Are you using a windoze machine?  Just curious as I was using a G4 > UA5 to record the Acoustic Planet tour (nonstop for 3.5 hours a night) and had nary a hiccup through the whole tour.
Title: Re: M-audio DMP-3 vs. MobilePre
Post by: poorlyconditioned on November 22, 2005, 09:26:31 PM
Quote from: BLOODYJACK on November 22, 2005, 07:45:19 PM
The mobile pre runs its op-amps with + and - 5volts so the headroom is crap but it would work I have already tried running it from a USB 5volt supply as an analogue pre but it has no digi out

Hey, do you happen to know what opamps are in the mobilepre?  I guess +/-5V is bad, but I'm curious.  There seem to be a real variety of parts inside this stuff...

  Richard