Art MP as a direct box for bass?

[abbazabba]

I have the Art Tube MP and was wondering what your thoughts were about it for use as a direct box for bass guitar? Worthless? Useable?

 

[DonF]

Works great for me.

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

I have the Art Tube MP and was wondering what your thoughts were about it for use as a direct box for bass guitar?

That's about the only thing the Tube MP is actually good for! (it's a really horrible mic pre otherwise...)

 

[rxQueen]

considering the fact that I use a Behringer V-amp 2 (the blue guitar model) to record bass, I'm guessing you can use pretty much anything to record bass signal.

 

[KaraokeKancer]

It's all I've ever used it for. Not to say there aren't better machines for the job.

 

[DaveO]

I bought mine for mics but as soon as I got my sound card I stopped using it as a mic pre. Now the only use it gets is on bass. Does a nice job as long as you don't use too much gain. It can get noisy.

 

[Joseph Hanna]

That's about the only thing the Tube MP is actually good for! (it's a really horrible mic pre otherwise...)

Horrible???

Reeeeeally?? In what way?

 

[Bigmark]

I have the Art Tube MP and was wondering what your thoughts were about it for use as a direct box for bass guitar? Worthless? Useable?

Yes I have the ART tube MP and been using it for recording base for two years in my studio .works great

 

[MK-Ultra]

Yeah, I used one for that. Blue Bear is right!

IMO, it's horrible insofar that it colours the sound a sort of muddy turd brown, which, although only slightly noticeable on one track, adds up in a MT recording.

OTOH, I've heard a damn well produced CD that was done with a pair of AKG 414s, and a pair of Tube MPs. The guy who did that, though, had really excellent chops.