Reprocessing Tracks Using ART Tube MP

[GHawk01]

I've read several posts around the net that state routing tracks from the DAW back through the ART MP to add the tube effects to the track.

I use a laptop as my DAW and send and receive with the internal soundcard to a small mixer.

How would I route the tracks to achieve reprocessing through the ART MP?

I would think that sending out the soundcard port into the ART MP in and returning from the ART out into the In port of the soundcard would create a loop and blow up my house

 

[TripleM]

Don't know how you would do it. But I would ask *why* you would do it. The Tube MP is not a great preamp. I own one and, although it might be a good preamp for the price, I don't think it's going to enhance any track by adding any type of "tube effects" to it.

 

[miroslav]

Just convert all your files to 128 MP3's....it will have the same effect.

 

[GHawk01]

I understand this is an entry level pre and your comments are well taken. However, if I can figure routing my laptop's soundcard I could go to new places. Where I was heading with this was to record into the soundcard via the mixer onto a single clean track then routing that track out back to the mixer which has many great effects and record to a new track. The pre was the catalyst that got me headed this direction.
I have the mixer wired like this - Tape out to soundcard in and soundcard out to tape in. Master out goes to amp and commercial speakers, control room out goes to powered mixing monitors. All input channels of the mixer bus out into my soundcard. I was thinking soundcard out to a mixer input channel which will run back into the soundcard input and onto a new recording track with mixer effects. Again, my thoughts are the loop situation.

 

[miroslav]

You're losing me....

Why not just run the DAW out to the pre...and then record its output back into the DAW...?
Where is the difficulty?

 

[bolenti]

Hello,
You should try what miroslav suggests. BTW, I have tried ART Tube MP for that and I got better results with Waves Tube Saturator VST.

 

[Guitargodgt]

I have some cheap "tube pres" that don't even get used anymore.

Stupid gimmicky crap sold to guitar players who don't know better. haha