ART Pro MPA II

Very good stuff for voices and guitars. The perfect preamp for a home studio.

Good preamp

I bought this to use it on overheads on drums , It sounds very nice .

I was supriced when i plugged a bass directly in the front jack , it also souds amazing !

Very much pre for the money !!!

Loving this pre

Using this preamp for Juno/Moog synth & acoustic piano recording.

This is my first outboard preamp (i.e not audio interface) - and I can't believe I didn't invest sooner.

Knowing that I wanted to record stereo piano, synths and dual mono synths, this ART PRO preamp provided the perfect flexibility.

I am a little intrigued by the quality of the tubes however, as I seem to infrequently get a small buzzing in the right channel when using the microphones on my piano; but a little change in gain/output balancing fixes it.

I've read plenty about switching the tubes on Gearspace, where there seems to be mixed reviews about the success rate; but for now, the preamp is doing exactly what I want.

Just give it a little time to heat up and happy recording :-)

Great value for the money

This preamp will make big difference to your recording if you are using interface preamp at the moment!

The best investment when it comes to vocal recording

I have been recording for a while now but was looking to improve my vocal recording and this did it for me.

I was blown away with the the quality and versatility of this product.The best preamp I have tested or seen under £400. You will not regret it.

Very good value for the money

This mic pre sounds more expensive than it is, and has great DI.

lovely warm tone

the pre amp gives a lovely warm crisp tone for vocals which makes it easier to mix them as they sit better in the mix in my opinion. Also good for bass, would reccomend

I've coupled this unit with an ART Pro VLA into an Apogee Ensemble into Logic X and it is really proven to be such a versatile Mic Pre . I am using SE , Shure and AKG microphones and in every instance I can hear the improvement in audio capture . Wonderfull in a word .

For me it is gold

For this moment i own just 1 Art Pro MPAII but i am sure buying another one in like a month because:

I did not know my overheads needed this but my drumkit is so much more alive now. Clearer details. I really don't need a new snaredrum:)

I miked my kit with 19 microphones on a Soundcraft Signature 22mtk. The only way of doing thid is to use the stereo inputs and stero signals are overheads and roommics. These mics need 48V so i went first for some Behringer Ultragains.That worked well at a certain level. I decided to lift my game to the next level and boy, i did.

So, the first device is now in dual mono mode. It's kinda hard to hear on headphones while drumming but next moth i am switching to stereo mode. Overheads are X/Y above my snare.

I find the highpass not that usefull in direct monitoring so i leave it unused. I tend to keep the spectrum intact.

I think i can hear that the low voltage setting is more pleasing for me.

And then there is the impedance control. Maximum detail and highend at the highest corrresponding impedance (better use condenser or ribbonmics).

The next ART PRO VLAII is for the roommics and they are set M/S. I really look forward to that!

This really bang for the buck, or you want to spend double or more!

Great piece of kit

Very warm sound, even with the stock valves, great build quality.