True Systems' Precision 8 Mic Pre Enhances
Paula Cole's Sound

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In the midst of her latest tour, pop goddess Paula Cole and her band received a high-grade sonic injection in the form of True Systems' Precision 8 microphone preamplifier. Eric Frankhouser, Cole's tour manager and monitoring engineer, picked up the single rack space, eight-channel Precision 8 on a recommendation from Neumann USA's Rob Treloar.

"We use a Crest monitoring console," said Frankhouser. "It has a respectable number of inputs, flexible routing, and all the rest, but I wanted more from the mic pre's. So when Treloar told me about the Precision 8, I was eager to try it. It's made a dramatic difference. Before our sound was heavily colored and required a lot of equalization to get it 'back'. With the Precision 8, our sound is transparent and natural all by itself. Our EQs are taking a permanent vacation."

The most striking difference can be heard in the band's acoustic guitars. Frankhouser uses the Precision 8's internal direct inputs where before he used dedicated direct boxes. "The Precision 8's DIs are the best I've ever heard, and I've tried them all," Frankhouser remarked. "Our guitarist uses two wonderful Martin guitars. Before we got the Precision 8, I was forced to EQ the signal to salvage the 'natural sound' buried under all the color. With the Precision 8, I just leave everything flat and it sounds as beautiful as it does without sound reinforcement."

True System's Precision 8 boasts an impressive frequency response of 1Hz to 500kHz and delivers robust, tight lows and clear, airy highs. Frankhouser cites its compact package, smooth, continuous knobs, and five-segment level indicators as gravy for an already delectable sonic stew.

"With a good microphone and a solid mic pre like the Precision 8 you're home free," observed Frankhouser. "The Precision 8 has brought our sound up to a level we didn't think possible."

Neumann is the U.S. distributor of the True Systems Precision 8 Microphone Preamp.