Art Tube Pac> 1820m

[Mo-Kay]

I have an E-mu 1820m, and I have the possibility to buy an Art Tube Pac

Would it be a good idea to use the Art and then hook it up with the 1820m, instead of using the standard pre's on the 1820m?

My mic is a SP B1 (for sung vocals I'm planning on some older/vintage (sounding) mics) and my stuff is soulful hiphop


Thnx


Mo-Kay

[Mo-Kay]

anyone

[tdukex]

I'd save my money.

[Hard2Hear]

I've owned an Art TubePac for years and I really get alot of use out of it. Mainly for bass recording. I think its one of the best bass tools out there bar none. I have used it on vocals before and it was ok, but not great, for that. It works pretty good for electric guitar amps too. Its a very versatile piece, especially for the price you find them at on sale all the time. I like the compressor on it for a very colored warm sound, and you can overdrive the input and its not nasty sounding, just for an additional off the wall use.

H2H

[Mo-Kay]

allright, that's cool hard2hear... since I'm thinking of learning to play the bass, too

So what's up on the vocal front?

I mean...I've got raps and I've got singing (no, not me..lol)...
I'll most def. put singing through the ART...but what about the raps?
I want to warm things up, but still need them to be upfront...

Any ideas on that?

[scarboro78]

I've worked with the ART Pro/Pac for tracking about a dozen rap songs and for the most part it's pretty good. However when you start pushing the gain is when you start noticing some distortion in the high end. I only really noticed this when doing more laid back type vocals where I had to push the gain to get a decent level. For the most part I was ok though. But as far as bang for the buck its definitely a good little unit.

[Mo-Kay]

allright then! thanks man, that's some usefull comment right there.

I think I'll just go ahead and buy it then.

[cominginsecond]

There's a chance you'll even keep it around as a Bass DI as you move up and buy better gear.