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Manley CORE Tube Mic Pre, EQ, Compressor & FET Limiter

by Manley
£2,250.00 inc. vat
£1,875.00 ex. vat
SKU SMANCORE
In Stock - Available for Immediate Dispatch

Manley CORE Tube Mic Pre, EQ, Compressor & FET Limiter

The Manley CORE Tube Mic Pre, is a Class A tube based, all-in-one reference channel strip featuring a preamp, EQ, compressor and brick-wall FET limiter. All packed into a streamlined and approachable interface, designed to make achieving great sounds quick and painless. Manley’s experience and insight working with the industry’s top recording engineers and musicians culminates in the CORE. At this price, there is no other channel-strip with higher headroom or more seductive sound than the CORE. Handcrafted in the USA, built like a tank, built to endure, the epicenter of your recorded art will be the Manley CORE.

Manley CORE Tube Mic Pre Features

MIC & LINE PREAMPLIFIER

The signal enters through Manely's renowned hand-wound MANLEY IRON® input transformer with nickel laminations in a mu-metal can. The tube amplifying stage is the latest implementation of thier famous Class A circuit topology found in the VOXBOX® and Manley Dual Mono & Mono Microphone Preamplifiers. This all-triode vacuum tube circuit runs on a regulated 300 Volt B+ supply yielding huge headroom and relentless output drive capability.

FRONT PANEL CONTROLS:

  • 48V Phantom power switch
  • 120Hz High Pass Filter switch
  • Phase Invert switch
  • Input Attenuator (Variable Pad)
  • Mic Pre Selectable Gain 40dB or 60dB
  • Line Amp Selectable Gain 20dB or 40dB

1/4" DIRECT INPUT
Similar to the DI in the Manley SLAM!®, this all-discrete solid-state circuit with 10 Meg Ohm input impedance is perfect for guitars, bass, keyboards, etc.

COMPRESSOR

  • Featuring our successful ELOP® technology also found in our famous Manley VOXBOX®
  • Compressor is uniquely before the Mic Preamp making it virtually impossible to clip
  • Ratio 3:1
  • Continuously variable Attack, Release, and Threshold controls
  • Silent Bypass switch

EQUALIZER

  • Low and High Baxandall Shelves (80Hz and 12kHz) with ±12dB range
  • Sweepable Midrange Bell EQ (100Hz – 1kHz) or (1kHz – 10kHz) with ±10dB range

LIMITER

  • Fast attack FET “brickwall” limiter
  • Continuously Variable Threshold and Release controls
  • Peak Limit LED indicator
  • 10dB range output gain control

METER

  • Large illuminated analog display
  • 3-way meter-select switch shows Compressor Gain Reduction, Micpre Output Level, and Main Output audio levels.

INPUTS AND OUTPUTS

  • Balanced XLR Mic Input
  • Balanced XLR Line Input
  • Front Panel Direct Instrument 1/4" Input
  • Insert point between Mic Preamp and EQ/Limiter via ¼” TRS jack
  • Balanced XLR Direct Output (after Preamp/Compressor section)
  • Balanced XLR Main Output

Deluxe CNC-machined 1/4" thick faceplate with inlaid laser-engraved inserts adorn the rigid 2U steel chassis – all locally sourced in Southern California.

Specifications

  • ALL-TUBE preamplifier audio path using 1 x 12AX7 for gain and 1 x 6922 White Follower
  • Balanced Transformer Coupled XLR Microphone Input Impedance: 1200 Ohms
  • Balanced XLR Line Input Impedance: 10 kOhms
  • Unbalanced 1/4" Direct Input Impedance: 10 Meg Ohm
  • Hi-current drive Direct XLR output Impedance: 50 Ohms
  • Silent conductive plastic INPUT attenuator
  • Microphone preamp high pass filter starting at 120Hz with a 6dB/8va slope
  • Compressor Maximum GAIN REDUCTION: 16 dB
  • Compressor ATTACK time: 60ms slowest CCW, 30ms at 12:00, 5ms fastest CW for 6dB compression
  • Compressor RELEASE time: 1.5s slowest CCW, 1s at 12:00, 100ms fastest CW from 6dB compression
  • Maximum Input Mic input (Low Gain Setting): -5 dBu or 435mV RMS @ 0.5% THD
  • Maximum Input Mic input (High Gain Setting): -25 dBu or 44 mV RMS @ 0.5% THD
  • Maximum Input Line input (Low Gain Setting): +13 dBu or 3.5V RMS @ 0.5% THD
  • Maximum Input Line input (High Gain Setting): -8 dBu or 300mV RMS @ 0.5% THD
  • Maximum Input Direct input (Low Gain Setting): +24 dBu or 12V RMS @ 0.5% THD
  • Maximum Input Direct input (High Gain Setting): +17 dBu or 5.5V RMS @ 0.5% THD
  • Maximum Input Insert return: +20 dBu or 7.8V RMS @ 0.5% THD
  • Maximum Preamp Output (Insert Send): +35 dBu or 43V RMS @ 0.5% THD
  • Maximum Preamp Output (Insert Send): +22 dBu into 600 Ohms
  • Maximum Main Output: +20 dBu
  • Insert Send output impedance: 50 Ohms
  • Insert Return input impedance: 13 kOhms
  • Main Output Impedance: 50 Ohms
  • Direct Output Headroom (referenced to +4 dBv): 31 dB
  • Main Output Headroom (referenced to +4 dBv): 16 dB
  • Dynamic Range: >90 dB
  • Frequency Response: 10 Hz to 20 kHz ±0.5 dB
  • Large LED illuminated VU METER
  • Meters switch to read Direct Output (1) from preamp, Output (2) from Main Out, or Compressor Gain Reduction
  • THD & Noise (1kHz @ +4 dBm): 0.02% at Low Gain setting
  • Noise Floor (Gain set to minimum): -70 dB wideband typical
  • Gain via Microphone Input: 40 or 60 dB
  • Gain via Line Input: 20 or 40dB
  • Maximum Gain of EQ & Limiter section: 10 dB
  • AUTOMUTE warmup delay: 30 Seconds
  • Power consumption: 35 watts
  • Operating mains voltage: 90 to 254 VAC (internal universal supply)
  • Mains Voltage Frequency: 50-60Hz
  • Dimensions: 19" x 3 1/2" x 7" (occupies 2u)
  • Unit Weight: 8.3 lbs.
  • Shipping weight: 11.5 lbs.