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woodman · March 28th, 2009, 05:24 PM

mine's a 1999-2000 model, no bells, no whistles, just the ART basics. i used it a lot with my Tascam 8-track cassette rig ... often got good results by punching the +20 dB button and driving the snot out of it. i haven't tried that on a DAW, so i dunno how it'd work in a digital environment. worth a try if you get in an experimental mood. same goes for rolling tubes (better ones — i'd try some less-pricey NOS like GE).

in a post a while back, i opined that an ART is better than nothing, and if you find a way to make it work for you, it surely is. and like Tony says, there's only $99 at stake. KC, you don't mention your recording rig, but i wondered if you were running it into a mike/guitar input or into a line-level input. it can get messy if you don't run it line-in.

March 28th, 2009, 05:24 PM	#10 (permalink)
woodman Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mint Hill, NC Age: 63 Posts: 8,124	mine's a 1999-2000 model, no bells, no whistles, just the ART basics. i used it a lot with my Tascam 8-track cassette rig ... often got good results by punching the +20 dB button and driving the snot out of it. i haven't tried that on a DAW, so i dunno how it'd work in a digital environment. worth a try if you get in an experimental mood. same goes for rolling tubes (better ones — i'd try some less-pricey NOS like GE). in a post a while back, i opined that an ART is better than nothing, and if you find a way to make it work for you, it surely is. and like Tony says, there's only $99 at stake. KC, you don't mention your recording rig, but i wondered if you were running it into a mike/guitar input or into a line-level input. it can get messy if you don't run it line-in. __________________ Truth is stranger than fact ... www.myspace.com/stragglerswing (Woody & the Stragglers - Western Swing/Roots-rock)