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SKU: TUBEMPCE4
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Product Description
Loaded with options, the Tube MP/C is the most advanced member of the Tube MP family.
Like every Tube MP, it's a microphone preamp and instrument DI designed to deliver real tube warmth. It features XLR and 1/4" connections, phantom power, boost, and phase reversal.
The MP/C also includes a robust compressor. When engaged, the circuit offers variable threshold, switchable fast or auto release times, a switchable slope for compression or limiting ratios, and gain-reduction metering.
Unique among the Tube MP line, the MP/C can switch its outputs between line level and instrument level. Line level is typically used when connecting to other recording gear such as audio interfaces or signal processors. Instrument level can be used for applications like reamping a DI track back into a guitar amplifier, or feeding the XLR output into a microphone preamp on a console.
A front-panel instrument input, tube-drive and output-level meters, and a switchable 70 Hz high-pass filter complete the feature set. Compact and powerful, the Tube MP/C brings the versatility of a channel strip to a convenient desktop format.
Features
Features
- Tube-based mic/line preamplifier with up to 80 dB of gain
- Hand-selected 12AX7A tube
- Optical (VCA-less) compressor circuitry for transparent dynamics control
- 1/4" unbalanced inputs and outputs
- XLR balanced inputs and outputs
- Transformer-isolated XLR output
- Selectable output range for line/instrument interface levels
- LED meters for Tube Warmth, Gain Reduction, and Output level
- +48V phantom power
- Phase-reversal switch
- Selectable release-time settings
- >90 dB dynamic range
- Custom extruded aluminum chassis
Specifications
Specifications
- Input Impedance: 1 MΩ (1/4"), 5 kΩ (XLR)
- Output Impedance: <600 Ω (1/4"), <300 Ω (XLR)
- Maximum Input Level: +15 dBu (Unbalanced Instrument), +10 dBu (Balanced Mic)
- Maximum Output Level: +19 dBu (Line Mode)
- Maximum Gain: +80 dB (Balanced In/Out), +64 dB (Unbalanced In → Balanced Out)
- Frequency Response: 30 Hz – 60 kHz ±1 dB (Balanced Output), 20 Hz – 60 kHz ±1 dB (1/4" Output)
- Total Harmonic Distortion: <0.1% @ max gain
- Equivalent Input Noise: –128 dBu typical (“A”-weighted), shorted XLR, gain @ max
- CMRR: >60 dB @ max gain
- Phantom Power: Selectable +48 V DC, filtered, current-limited
- Power Requirements: 9 VAC @ 1000 mA (external)
- Dimensions: 1.75" H × 5.9" W × 6.5" D (4.45 × 15.0 × 16.5 cm)
- Weight: 2.9 lbs (1.32 kg)
