opinions about pre

[j0s1ah]

whats up ppl, my first pre i bought is a ART Studio V3 Tube MP, is there any opinions/comments about this? i was kinda in a rush when i got it b/c we had to move internationally in like a week so i had to get something quick....the samash man made it sound ok for $100, so i picked it up...

also whats the diff between a tube pre and a normal preamp?

[chessrock]

Originally posted by j0s1ah
whats up ppl, my first pre i bought is a ART Studio V3 Tube MP, is there any opinions/comments about this?

Kinda' sucks. Great D.I. for bass or keys, though.

also whats the diff between a tube pre and a normal preamp?

They're both pretty normal. Only one's got a tube in it and the other doesn't.

[j0s1ah]

whats a D.I.? direct input?

whats a tube?

[teainthesahara]

Originally posted by j0s1ah
whats up ppl, my first pre i bought is a ART Studio V3 Tube MP, is there any opinions/comments about this? i was kinda in a rush when i got it b/c we had to move internationally in like a week so i had to get something quick....the samash man made it sound ok for $100, so i picked it up...

also whats the diff between a tube pre and a normal preamp?

I find them usuable - but I dont know if i would have paid that much for it. The regular tube MP sells regularly here in Canada for 69$ - thats what, 55 US? My guess is that you would get as much use out of a regular tube mp as the V3...

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[c7sus]

Originally posted by j0s1ah
whats a D.I.? direct input?

whats a tube?

DI is direct injection. There are two general types, active and passive. DI's are used to connect electric guitars and basses to a line level input. Basically they're impedence matching transformers that convert a high-impedence load (like a guitar pickup) into a low-impedence load so you can run a guitar signal through the preamp of a mixer.

Tubes are vacuum tubes. They're what were used for amplifying electronic signals before transistors were invented.

[j0s1ah]

ok thanks, will i plug my headphones to the out jack of the pre or straight into my 2496?

[j0s1ah]

is it really that hard of a question?
or will i have to find out the hard way?

[noisedude]

plug your pre into your soundcard. don't plug your phones into your pre!

[j0s1ah]

so the mic goes to the pres input, the out goes into the soundcard's in and the soundcard's out is my headphones?

[noisedude]

bingo. have fun!

[j0s1ah]

my headphones come in on thursday...i cant wait....