the art tube mp mic pre..a discussion.
(it costs around 50 buks or less often.)

some background. part1.
over the years ive seen many people knock this very inexpensive
mic pre.
then a few years back to counter the naysayers
i heard a trak done by a pro AE in a big studio useing an mp.
it was great.
so i thought..who is right ?? is it junk ??
so a couple years back i got one even tho' i do my own diy mic pre's.

background. part 2.
on a recording forum awhile back i saw some folks knocking
once again the mp. so a shootout ensued.
tween the mp and other much higher priced pre's.
it became very interesting and actually made some people think
about their position on the mp.

be curious on other folks opinions of the mp.
i personally have the following thoughts.
(ive used very expensive big studio stuff in the past.)
1. i feel trak conditioning post recording is more important
often than choice of pre.
2. with the mp ive noticed its very important how one sets
its controls. and feel some people boost it too much cos they
dont have good phone monitoring set up.
so they boost the mp too much so they can hear emselves.

i was testing out a new piece of software just the other day,
n mebe my vocs suck on this, but i thought what the hey n
dragged the mp out of the closet,
and used it to do the vocs on a daft likle song idea.
instead of useing a diy mic pre of mine.
heres the very short mp3 test.
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?jy2yzndzfzy

now mebe the song idea suks also. n the mix cos i did it very quik
n mixed over mini earbuds.
but theres just something bout the mp texture on my vocs on this i like.
i did no conditioning. just put a bit of fx round the vocs.

cos there are still loads of people who still tell me to use
a 2k pre etc etc. trouble is ive used big studio stuff in the past
n i just dont hear a big difference.
i STILL dont think its a bad pre. but feel free to slam me
n disagree.
listen on mini earbuds if you can cos i did a quik ruff mix on minis.
what is your opinion of the mp ??
cos all the naysayers who continue to this day still make me wonder
if i'm totally wrong that for the price noone can complain.


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