Behringer MIC200 - Manual (Page 3)

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TUBE ULTRAGAIN MIC200
Welcome to the BEHRINGER family!
Thank you for the confidence you have placed in us by purchasing
the MIC200.
Your MIC200 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 MIC200 can even be used as
a preamp for electric and bass guitars, keyboards and percussion
instruments. No matter where you use your MIC200, you always get
optimal performance, be it live or on the stage, in a professional
recording studio or at home!
1. INTRODUCTION
With the MIC200, you have purchased an extremely musical mic
preamp that is equipped with a 12AX7 vacuum tube. Thanks to
BEHRINGER’s preamp modeling, its main advantages are the
number of preamp settings you can select. Additionally, features like
an integrated limiter, phase reverse function, phantom power supply,
highly accurate LED meter, switchable pad function and low cut filter
make the MIC200 a very powerful piece of equipment.
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 transparent sound. In combination with our
BEHRINGER tube technology, state-of-the-art 4580 operational
amplifiers 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 main goal when we designed the TUBE ULTRAGAIN. The result
is a device that, due to our tube circuitry, can produce an incredible
punch in 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. You get better low-end differen-
tiation which will help you locate individual instruments. With the
help of 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