Behringer MIC100 - Manual (Page 3)

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TUBE ULTRAGAIN MIC100
Welcome to the BEHRINGER family!
Thank you for the confidence you have placed in us by purchasing
the MIC100.
Your MIC100 is a professional mic preamp that can be used in a
variety of applications. Due to its incredible functionality and the
broad range of connection options, the MIC100 ensures outstanding
performance. You will soon appreciate the MIC100’s flexibility, be it
live on stage or in the home/professional recording studio.
1. INTRODUCTION
With the MIC100, you have purchased an extremely musical mic
preamp that is equipped with a 12AX7 vacuum tube. An integrated
limiter, a phase reverse function, phantom power supply, a highly
accurate LED meter and a switchable pad function complement this
powerful device.
1.1 The design concept
The heart of the TUBE ULTRAGAIN is an extremely low-noise
microphone preamp circuitry that uses discrete components and
produces a highly trans-parent sound. In combination with our
BEHRINGER tube technology, the operational amplifiers 4580 and a
sophisticated circuit topology, the TUBE ULTRAGAIN yields excellent
noise and distortion properties. The innovative UTC circuitry that has
been developed by our engineering team offers an abundance of
sound-shaping possibilities. Absolute musicality was our major goal
when we designed the TUBE ULTRAGAIN. The result is a device that,
thanks to our tube circuitry, lends an incredible punch to percussion
instruments. On the other hand, instruments that are rich in upper
harmonics will receive more transparency. The sound will be warm,
detailed and brilliant.
Surely you know the recording problem that single instruments or
vocals sometimes don’t cut through. Thanks to the TUBE ULTRAGAIN,
vocals gain in presence and volume without masking other instruments.
As a result, your voice will be perfectly integrated in the mix.
1. INTRODUCTION