


But in reality, microphone audio levels are very quiet, and the built in preamp in your interface is turning that signal up to what’s called a line level source, which is much more useable. When you plug a microphone into your audio interface’s input, you never have to really think much about whether it is a mic level or line level source. Let’s start at the beginning… Mic Level To Line Level One question…If you need more level into ProTools, do you increase the ART preamp output or the audio interface input?” For guitar I’ve been cranking the input into the red for a cool driven sound.

One of my readers on Twitter recently purchased an ART Tube MP on my blog’s recommendation for bass recording and had this question: “I picked up last night. It is a common issue, but an important one to address. If you ever venture into the world of external mic preamps to compliment the ones built into your audio interface then you may be wondering what is the best way to hook it up.
