ART Preamps - Consumer to Pro

In this video Ray Wilson discusses 6 preamps from our partners at ART starting with the consumer-based Tube MP portable units up to professional studio-grade rackmounted units.

Products:
ART Pro Audio Tube Mic Preamp

ART Pro Audio TubeMP Studio V3 - Tube Mic Preamp with V3 and Meter

ART Pro Audio TubeMP Project Series with USB

ART Pro Audio Tube Mic Preamp Project Series

ART Pro Audio Pro MPA-II Two Channel Studio Mic Preamp

ART Pro Audio Digital MPA 2-Channel Digital Mic Preamp

ART Pro Audio Pro Channel II Tube Mic Preamp/comp/eq

ART Pro Audio Voice Channel

0:00 - Introduction
0:57 - Tube MP
1:38 - Tube MP Studio V3
2:26 - Tube MP Project Series
3:49 - Tube MP Project Series USB
4:25 - Pro MPA II
6:25 - Digital MPA II
7:10 - Pro Channel
9:05 - Voice Channel
11:11 - Sign-off & Outro

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[astrangeandmysteriouspodca]

I own expensive gear(RND, Heritage Audio, CAPI, ) but ART hangs very well with them. Affordable and great pro sounding.

[michaeljensen]

I've owned 2 ART Voice Channels and let me tell you they are FANTASTIC!!!!....when they're working. I put it up against an LA610 and I thought it sounded just as good. (To be clear, i'm not saying that it sounded LIKE the LA610, they have a very different flavour, but it definitely sounded AS good). The sneaky best parts of this channel strip are:
1. The expander is FANTASTIC. I used this instead of the gate and it did an AWESOME job, especially in rooms with little or poor treatment
2. The De-Esser was really good as well.
3. The impedence knob is very useful for changing the sound of the mic.

The problem is that they kept breaking. After about 18 months it would start to make a farting noise for about 5 seconds and then just stop making any sound at all. I had both units professionally repaired twice. After the 2nd unit failed a bunch, I sold it and was done with it.

If ART ever redesigns Voice Channel so that it doesnt fail so often i'd absolutely buy another one.

[ttrack]

Your products perform sterling and they are gorgeously made!... Thanks!

[keithrichards]

We own several preamps, Avalon M5's, 737sp, Amek CIB's and DMCL, RND 5012, 3124+, ISA's, etc, and our Pro MPA holds its own. Love it on our Rhodes Suitcase.

[j.g.]

I love your products, quality at an affordable price point.

[hillissillih]

Love having impedance controls on a preamp - completely changed the game for me using ribbon and dynamic mics.

[BojanBojovic]

Two questions unanswered, first what actually those cheesy presets do in technical sense, and second why does voice strip does but have the separate preamp attenuation output as the pro strip? How to get the same gain staging with the input set higher for saturation, but not overloading the eq or the comp? Also there is no the compressor output gain to serve this purpose.

[dkokalanov]

I don't see the MP/C model. Is it discontinued?

[Joey.Darkwoods-Studio]

Is the Voice Channel made mostly for voice over? Can it be used as a singing premap? rock, hiphop, country?

[OTAD]

Can I use the Pro MPA 2 in the mix bus ?

[Recordings]

I've been using the Audient id14 for about 3 years now and looking to upgrade to a better preamp. Do you think the Art Pro MPA II would be a good upgrade going through the Audient?

[mattcero]

Can the Voice Channel be used for Zoom and Teams calls? I'd think so but please verify. Thank you.

[johnsuggs]

I've been in audio for more than 35 years and still do not understand the distinction between consumer and pro. I mean outside of some really good hype by the companies, there is almost NEVER a justification for their jumps in price

[Stays-sxcc]

Can you do a video on how to set up the pro channel there’s no videos on this…please someone make a video.

[trevorhardy]

ART makes some of the worst gear I’ve ever used.

[Stays-sxcc]

Took my game to the next level… not going to lie everyone’s impressed. I just can’t seem to get my tubes to turn on the lights inside, I’m not sure if it’s because I have no cords running into loop inserts ? Please let me know, everyone is truly impressed with me and my sound…big fan of ART AND THE PRO CHANNEL 2 💯🫡 seriously