User Guide

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INTRODUCTION
Thank you for purchasing the Tube MP Studio - and congratulations: You
now own one of the most versatile preamplifiers available. Offering a superb
level of sound quality, the Tube MP Studio’s hybrid solid state and tube
circuit design combined with a straightforward user interface quickly and
easily gives you access to all of its features.
The original ART Tube MP put professional-caliber tube preamplification
into the hands of thousands of musicians and recordists that wanted great
tube tone in a compact and flexible package.
The Tube MP Studio extends the range of applications by adding an output
protection limiter (OPL) to precisely control output peaks, and analog VU
metering to aid in setting and maintaining proper signal levels.
The Tube MP Studio can be used in a wide variety of applications including
recording, project and home studios, where its metering functionality and
OPL circuitry really shines. It also functions as a direct box, with impedance
matching and preamplification for instrument or line-level sources.
FEATURES:
• Built-in analog VU metering
• Built-in OPL (switch selectable)
• Over 60dB of gain
• Hand selected 12AX7A dual triode tube
• Balanced XLR inputs and outputs
• ¼” High impedance Instrument input and ¼” line level output
• +48V Phantom power (switch selectable)
• Phase Reverse Switch
• Gain (+20dB) Switch
• Input Gain Control
• Output Level Control
• Multifunction, dual color LED Power/Clip/Limit indicator
• Fully shielded all steel chassis
• Designed and developed in the USA