[DREW KRAG PLAYING AN ELECTRIC GUITAR THROUGH THE PRESONUS EUREKA AND THE FOCUSRITE SAFFIRE PRO 26]

DREW KRAG: So there you have it folks, the PreSonus Eureka mic pre-amp. Take a look at the waves we recorded. All the way to left here we have the acoustic guitar mic’ed up and plugged directly into my sound card without the PreSonus Eureka. Here we have the same exact guitar plugged through the PreSonus Eureka with some compression and EQ. You can see the levels are remarkably higher throughout. To the right of that, this is the electric guitar plugged direct into my sound card. You can see the levels are pretty low. And then here we have the plugged through the PreSonus Eureka with a little compression and EQ. The levels are pretty similar here, I have to admit. But you’ve heard in the video the sound of it, a lot warmer. It’s just a lot easier to work with, with the direct signal. Now, my own personal preference with this, this pre-amp is to use it with direct recording. I really do enjoy the way it sounded on the acoustic guitar, beefed it up a lot. But it really did wonders to the direct quality of my guitar. So, a lot of times in the studio when we have time constraints we’re plugging direct and this is something that’ll give your electric guitar good tone right off the bat. So when you start putting plugins on it, like guitar rig or something like that, you already have a good tone to work with. So thanks for watching. This is Drew Krag with Gearwire.Com. Another Home Studio Workshop.