Cave Dweller
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sorry!!! 
Hard2Hear!!! i would be interested in your tube checker!!!
Hard2Hear!!! i would be interested in your tube checker!!!
Art Tube MP sounds dull?
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Dom Franco
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New tube in ART Tube MP!
I installed the new tube (12AX7 Groove tubes) in the Tube MP
and it did make a difference! I am not sure that I like it better, but it seems to go into overdrive and distortion sooner.
The old tube was cleaner, and I found out that there are several different types of 12AX7's. Some have larger grid elements and hence different saturation levels.... all very technical stuff.
I like the new tube's sound for bass and guitars, but I will have to switch back to the old one if I want to use the Tube MP for vocals.
It's been an education, and I may have to buy another 12AX7 to test out!
Sincerely;
Dom Franco
I installed the new tube (12AX7 Groove tubes) in the Tube MP
and it did make a difference! I am not sure that I like it better, but it seems to go into overdrive and distortion sooner.
The old tube was cleaner, and I found out that there are several different types of 12AX7's. Some have larger grid elements and hence different saturation levels.... all very technical stuff.
I like the new tube's sound for bass and guitars, but I will have to switch back to the old one if I want to use the Tube MP for vocals.
It's been an education, and I may have to buy another 12AX7 to test out!
Sincerely;
Dom Franco
I should be ashamed of all the good things I have ever said about an ART.
sjoko2
New member
LOL - I went back and tried another one, just 'coz you said they were ok - started doubting my previous findings.
I REALLY don't think anything of them, and to make it all worse they present it as a tube pre - it is not. The tube is just there to introduce some "tube sound", it is not really part of the preamp.
Con job - just like their converter claims.
Oh Ed?
those links don't work
I REALLY don't think anything of them, and to make it all worse they present it as a tube pre - it is not. The tube is just there to introduce some "tube sound", it is not really part of the preamp.
Con job - just like their converter claims.
Oh Ed?
those links don't work
sonusman
Banned
Well sjoko2, the studio I am working at just got in an Oram MWS, on top of the Focusrite Red, and the Drawmer 1960 I have some different colors to play with. But, the ol' ART still get's a lot of use, but much less since we got the Oram!
Hey, if I had a rack full of API, Neve, Oram, Focusrite, Drawmer, Millenium, Avalon, etc......I suppose the ART would be demoted to the talkback mic or something, but I am still having a hard time hearing where people are using other pre's in that same price range or even a bit higher and getting these kinds of results.
$100 and a decent mic and a good set of ears can get what you hear on those mp3's. If you are not getting that kind of sound with it, I wouldn't blame the pre's! I got shit that sounds a whole lot worse that were done with class A's and what not.
Yeah, the whole "hybrid" thing SHOULD be pointed out a bit more. Myself, I don't care. The ART sounds pretty damn good, and for the price it is a very workable piece in ANY home studio.
Ed
Oh! The links seem to work fine for others. Not sure why they are not working for you.
Hey, if I had a rack full of API, Neve, Oram, Focusrite, Drawmer, Millenium, Avalon, etc......I suppose the ART would be demoted to the talkback mic or something, but I am still having a hard time hearing where people are using other pre's in that same price range or even a bit higher and getting these kinds of results.
$100 and a decent mic and a good set of ears can get what you hear on those mp3's. If you are not getting that kind of sound with it, I wouldn't blame the pre's!
I got shit that sounds a whole lot worse that were done with class A's and what not.Yeah, the whole "hybrid" thing SHOULD be pointed out a bit more. Myself, I don't care. The ART sounds pretty damn good, and for the price it is a very workable piece in ANY home studio.
Ed
Oh!
The links seem to work fine for others. Not sure why they are not working for you.
darrin_h2000
Banned
Has anyone used the SOVTECK tubes for a replacement? they are the only ones I can lay my hands on at the moment. I dont own an ART but I do have the presonus bluetube, and I may need a replacement sometime.