ronphotoinc
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Anyone out there using this mic/instrument pre amp? Likes? Dislikes?
Does really work for better vocal recordings? Thanks.
Does really work for better vocal recordings? Thanks.
ART Tube MP Project Series anyone?
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BrentDomann
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I bought one, and it can really help if you've got weak pres (for example, it helps out with my MR-8). It also does some pretty cool things with instruments, like if you use it instead of a bass DI. I've read that it even can fatten a guitar if put in front of a digital modeller, though I haven't tried it.
Don't think, though, that it will "make better vocal recordings" for you instantly. It just changes the sound in a way that may or may not please you or your mix. As far as the change goes, it seems to fatten things up and "warm" them a bit, but overuse certainly will make things muddy.
Definitely worth fifty bucks. However, be reminded that it is a fifty-dollar tube preamp. Some people pay hundreds just for tubes.
The build quality is okay, but it's something that someday (sooner or later) will benefit from a re-tube, a refurbishing, or a full replacement.
Don't think, though, that it will "make better vocal recordings" for you instantly. It just changes the sound in a way that may or may not please you or your mix. As far as the change goes, it seems to fatten things up and "warm" them a bit, but overuse certainly will make things muddy.
Definitely worth fifty bucks. However, be reminded that it is a fifty-dollar tube preamp. Some people pay hundreds just for tubes.
The build quality is okay, but it's something that someday (sooner or later) will benefit from a re-tube, a refurbishing, or a full replacement.
EveningSky
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I think amazing for the $
I own the simple ART MP. I think that it is very useful. I currently own better preamps, but still use it to boost and warm my guitar signal, prior to leading it into my amp or effects box. I think that it is an amazing value and very useful.
Yours, ES
I own the simple ART MP. I think that it is very useful. I currently own better preamps, but still use it to boost and warm my guitar signal, prior to leading it into my amp or effects box. I think that it is an amazing value and very useful.
Yours, ES
SuicideNote
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It is useful in a variety of situations. I use mine as a DI for bass, a bridge between my Podxt and the DAW. It is a good all around pre, I recently just recorded some on-hold information for my companies phone system using the ART pre for voice.
I bought one the other day and immediately replaced the Chinese tube with a vintage GE Long Plate 12AX7.
Better than the mic pre in my line 5 toneport? Yes.
I didn't realize how kinda awful they sound until I bought an M-Audio DMP3. It had this really warm texture... Except not in a good way. It made everything sound kinda fuzzy and took off the sparkle.
I'm sure a great deal of it was the stock chinese tube that was in it but thats what it sounded like stock, so.
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On a side note it started to crap out after like 6 months of probably once a week usage.
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Also this thread was bumped from apparently 2006? :3
I didn't realize how kinda awful they sound until I bought an M-Audio DMP3. It had this really warm texture... Except not in a good way. It made everything sound kinda fuzzy and took off the sparkle.
I'm sure a great deal of it was the stock chinese tube that was in it but thats what it sounded like stock, so.
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On a side note it started to crap out after like 6 months of probably once a week usage.
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Also this thread was bumped from apparently 2006? :3
Yup they get bumped like that a lot.
People get to reading threads after goggling and just respond. This one isn't bad at all.
The funny ones are in the free ads for musical/studio gear that are 5+ years old and that person who bumped the thread will ask if that gear is still for sale.
People get to reading threads after goggling and just respond. This one isn't bad at all.
The funny ones are in the free ads for musical/studio gear that are 5+ years old and that person who bumped the thread will ask if that gear is still for sale.