I need 32ch of mic preamps my budget = approx 4000€ what can I get

[pstamler]

I think reducing to 8 channels is a good choice. 6-8 spot mics on a string section will create all kinds of phase anomalies. Small is good!

Peace,
Paul

 

[mrclunk]

You could have a look into the Hardy M1 type circuit, clean, low noise, lots of headroom. Highly rated by the classical crowd i believe.
There was some pcb's / xforms floating around last year.
http://www.johnhardyco.com/M-1details.html

 

[Randyman...]

Edit - Just realized you need 32-Channels, not 24.  The SCA T15's (IC) would easily get you there, but the C84's (discrete) would take you a bit over your budget...


Original Post:  If 4400€ is still a little more than $6000 USD, you could get into 24 channels of Seventh Circle C84's (basically a millenia clone AFAIK).  This would be 24x C84 Preamp Kits, 3x 8-module Chassis (2RU Ea), 3x PSU kits, and 3x Wire Harness Kits for under $6K USD.  I'd be willing to bet Tim would even make you a special deal for that kind of outlay...

You could obviously mix and match some of SCA's cheaper IC-based T15's in there, and then splurge on a few J99 channels (Hadry Twin Servo w/ dual 990's!) or whatever  (16 channels of T15's plus 8 channels of J99's would only be $5150 USD plus you'd need 16x 990 OpAmps, too - or 16x of SCA's own SC99's for a sizable discount).  I use SCA's SC25 OpAmps in eight of my A12 preamps and I love them - and the price is right...

http://www.seventhcircleaudio.com/cart/cart.htm

As a proud owner of 16 channels of fully discrete SCA preamps, I can't say enough good things about them - and they make the building experience about as simple as one could realistically expect...

FYI - The T15 was reviewed in last month's Tapeop magazine - and the other modules have been reviewed in the past IIRC...

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[Trench Recordings]

I second the SCA stuff... easy to build, great quality stuff and a good learning experience for beginners. 

Price is good too

 

[MrMegaEli]

Maybe you should get a portable console like a Studer? I know someone doing classical, who has 48ch of Millennia. Boy was I suprised! I thought classical people were still using only a few mics!

 

[desol]

I've read decent things about the ATI-8-MX2 8 channel unit. $2500US converted into Euros, comes in about $1800 for eight channels.

http://www.vintageking.com/API-8-MX2

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/remote-possibilities-acoustic-music-location-recording/132714-ati-8mx2-opinions-8-ch-mic-pre.html

Looks like a pretty nice unit for the $.

 

[kato]

Good call on the Sam Groener link. I forgot about those.

It looks like Design G could give you a lot of channels in a very small space because there's so few parts. Unfortunately the AD797's are $10 each, 2 per channel.
Anyone tried this one? It looks simple enough to breadboard pretty quickly.