Get to know how these little devices came about, and why their software equivalents are still useful in the modern producer’s signal paths A preamp, or preamplifier, is an audio device that takes a very quiet signal at its input, and turns it into a much louder signal at its output. Once upon a time, preamps were exclusively standalone pieces of outboard hardware, placed between the source of a signal and a mixing console or recording device. Now, physical preamps are integrated in all mann...
