Your toneport does function as a mic pre-amp. Keep in mind that your software can only use one USB audio interface at a time.

What is it about the Shure/UX1 combination you don't like? Unless you can clearly state what that is, don't bother going shopping.

This past weekend I did a mic shootout on 3 of my mics, simultaneously recording some clarinet for an audition recording my son was putting together.

CAD M-177 LDC, Samson SM-58 knockoff, ElectroVoice PL80a. EV won the shootout.

I didn't buy the 2nd two because I needed them. The Samson came in a killer combo deal with some half-decent headphones (total of $40), and I won the EV from a local music equipment shop. The CAD was fine, I just like the slightly more mellow tone of the EV.

Spec-wise, the CAD should have won, but my ears told me something else.

So, what is it about the Shure/UX1 that you don't like? If I recall correctly, the UX1 even has some modeling of different mic pre-amps available in the software. Have you tried all of those?

-Scott

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