Blue ROBBIE Tube Microphone Preamp

I've been reading reviews on various mic preamps for at least 5 years, while deciding which to purchase. I had been going through the MBox 3, and with plugins, I was getting a great sound. However, I had to compress a good deal to get a very in your face vocal, and I wanted that on the way into the DAW. I have a Sterling ST55 FET mic, and wanted to pair it with a tube mic for a thick sound. You'll read a lot of reviews that say this is clean, and it is. But it has it's character, and it sounds amazing! I also bought an MXL Genesis Tube Mic, and that paired with the Robbie sounds great as well. I'm a Pop/R&B singer-songwriter and I only record myself, and occasionally my niece, so I know the sound I'm after, and the Blue Robbie gets it there.

Just Got the Robbie today and ran a couple tracks and am flat out amazed at the clarity! I Have a schecter strat on single coil for some cleans running thru the DI and a 57 on vocals and an AT 3060 tube condenser and they both are giving me new character as compared to the other pres that i have... A Eureka and a presonus tube pre as well as the stock pres that come in the apogee duet . it doesn't get any simpler than robbie's set up. I would also like to emphasize that this thing is bigger than it looks in pictures. in summary Robbie is CRYSTAL clear!!!

This is a great tube mic preamp, this along with my Neumann TLM103 gives me a that major label sound with warmth and clarity and to my ears The Robbie surpasses Avalon preamps. Its is easy to use and will one day be considered a collectable.

I own the Blue Robbie . It's got a great full sound for recording vocals and acoustic instruments. It's got a very clean sound with just the right amount of musicality that makes it an awesome choice for any recording studio. It also is great as a DI with electric bass,guitar and keyboards. At a thousnd bucks it's specs are alot better than most more expensive mic pres !!

The Blue Robbie really impressed me with it's clean, big,natural sound !! It's superb especially for recording vocals and is great on everything from overheads to DI for bass guitar. I love the way I can get mucho gain with almost no distortion, Thankyou to the Blue Design Engineers for such a great product !!!