0:00 - The Holy Grail Preamp 4:00 - The Quest For The Missing Preamp Tone 5:12 - Full Band Comparisons 6:34 - "Scientific" Frequency Response Graphs 8:27 - "Punchy" Subtle Compression 9:43 - Is There Special Vintage Distortion? 14:05 - But I Want The Special Distortion! 17:43 - Distortion Comparison: Vintage vs Dumb 19:28 - But Analog Gear Is ALWAYS Distorting! 23:50 - But What About Slew Rate! 28:46 - But What About Impedance! 30:12 - But What About Analog EQ! 32:39 - But What About Ocean Way's Actual Console? 35:31 - But What About Ocean Way's Actual EQ? 39:48 - Getting Ahead Of It 43:49 - Rapid Fire! 47:19 - What Did You Hear? https://jimlillmusic.com/store for the "Find Your Gear's Hidden EQ" course. https://paypal.me/JimLill if I saved you money. @ActuallySoundsLike or https://ActuallySoundsLike.com for the new show that happens every week instead of like once a year. @jimlill on Instagram ___ My favorite music was made with a Neve console. My favorite engineers have told me they love Neve consoles. So I loved Neve consoles. I loved Neve consoles so much I bought a very expensive piece of one. But once I did, what I was hearing didn't match up with what I thought was true. So I started a no-stone-left-unturned quest for the missing preamp sound. This is that journey. Every question any of us have ever had about microphone preamps gets answered. -Jim 2026-06-09
