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Product Description for the ART Pro Channel

The Pro Channel from ART is the latest offering from the world’s most popular tube dynamics processing manufacturer. ART engineers have combined the world-renowned Pro MPA, Pro VLA, and Tube EQ into a single product – creating the world’s best-sounding and most affordable professional recording channel.

The Pro Channel features many new and exciting design enhancements to ART’s pro and home studio staples, including the addition of a tube circuit to the compressor module. The Pro Channel allows you to select between ART’s award winning optical/tube compressor or the coveted tube circuit (a design made popular by the sound of the old broadcast limiters – now costing thousands of dollars). The tube circuit is fast, fat and a bit aggressive, and is guaranteed to become a legend among compressors as has the Pro VLA. The four-band parametric equalizer has selectable Q for the two sweepable mid-bands. As with all design elements of the Pro Channel, these Q options were fine-tuned by some of the industry’s top studio and live-sound engineers. Likewise, all new additions were made without compromise to the sound of the original designs (Pro MPA, Pro VLA, Tube EQ), which have become standards in professional studios and FOH rigs around the globe.

The Pro Channel defines the term “channel strip.” The Pro Channel is an impressive package from the world-wide leaders in tube dynamics signal-processing gear.

Features

Professional Tube-Based Microphone/Line Recording Channel
Three independent World-Class modules: tube mic pre, switchable optical/tube compressor, and tube EQ
Warm, Smooth, and Silky Sound Quality
Precision Detented Potentiometers
Selectable VU Metering (mic pre out, compressor out, or Main Out)
Tube Character and Gain Reduction LED Arrays
Balanced XLR and Unbalanced 1/4" Inputs and Outputs
Insert Points Between Preamp and Compressor, and Compressor and EQ
Three Hand-Selected Vacuum Tubes
Professional Signal Processing For use with any Analog or Digital Recording Format
Exceptional Processing Channel For Any Line or Instrument Level Signal
Five-Year Warranty

Specs:

Attack Time: Fast: 2ms (optical), 0.5ms (tube); Slow: 15ms (for 20dB of comp)
Boost and Cut/Frequency Band: ±12dB (wide), ±20dB (narrow)
Compression Ratio: Variable: 2:1 to >10:1
Dynamic Range: >100dB (20-20KHz)
EQ Frequency Bands: Low Shelf: 40Hz/120Hz (selectable) Low-Mid: 20Hz to 200Hz/200Hz to 2KHz (sweepable) Low-Mid Q: Wide/Narrow (selectable) High-Mid: 200Hz to 2KHz/2KHz to 20KHz (sweepable) High-Mid Q: Wide/Narrow (selectable) High Shelf: 6KHz/18KHz (selectable)
Equivalent Input Noise: -130dBu (XLR to XLR, ‘A’ weighted)
Frequency Response: 10Hz to 20KHz (± .5dB)
Input Impedance: 1.67k ohms (XLR), 1M ohm (1/4")
Input/Output Connections: XLR (balanced) & 1/4" (unbalanced)
Insert Connections: 1/4" (unbalanced)
Low-Cut Filter: -3dB@10Hz to 250Hz (Variable)
Maximum Compression: 30 dB (optical), 23dB (tube)
Maximum Gain: 65dB (1/4" to 1/4")
Maximum Gain XLR to XLR: 83dB (XLR to XLR)
Maximum Input Level: +15dBu (XLR), +21dBu (1/4")
Maximum Output Level: +27dBu (XLR), +22dBu (1/4")
Output Impedance: 600 ohms (XLR), 300 ohms (1/4")
Phantom Power: +48v DC (switchable)
Power Requirements: 100-125 VAC, 30W (Export units configured for country of destination)
Release Time: Fast: 300ms, Auto: 100ms-3sec
Total Harmonic Distortion: <0.1% (typical)
Tubes: Three Hand-Selected

Brand	ART
Weight	12.0000
Dimensions (WxHxD)	19" x 3.5" x 6.5"

ART Pro Channel

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Customer Reviews

Great Channel Strip Review by Jared

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The ART Pro Channel is a great channel strip. What really impressed me is the ability to tweak every aspect of the pre, compressor, and EQ to mold your sound. The different compressors are nice, and the ability to monitor every section of the strip on the VU meter ends up being extremely useful. The only downside to it is the stock tubes are mediocre at best. I changed them out and noticed a significant increase in sound quality. Do that and you\'ve got a great channel strip at a great price! (Posted on 2/8/11)