Art Project Series User Manual page 17

Brief notes
Does Cubase (MAC) work the same? (Yes! Works and Looks
Identical). Therefore, we only need Cubase an example of ap-
plying the MIDI I/O for both machines (not requiring a Garage
Band sample and saving space).
Once in a while a customer will call and say: I think my ART pre-
amp is "noisy". What's wrong?
If you experience unwanted "noise" in your system when you use
a stand-alone preamp, please consider what your signal is and
where you're sending it. Some people send the signal from their
preamp to a mic input (they figure, "well, I'm using a mic!") on the
board or recorder. This is in fact incorrect and could create
higher overall noise. ART preamps are actually intended to out-
put a nice fat LINE LEVEL signal. If you send that line level signal
to a recorder or mixer's Mic input, that circuit will usually add
more gain to the signal. Gain on top of gain will indeed result in
noise. Please treat the output signal as line level and you'll be
pleasantly surprised at your new clean and warm sound.
The same rule applies for guitar and bass players that use ART
preamps as their front end. Send the signal from your preamp to
a low gain input on your amp, or even a "loop return" jack which
allows you to bypass the amp's solid-state preamp altogether.
Another point: an "open" input is significantly noisier than one
that has a mic or even a guitar plugged in.
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