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The Manley New
Mic Switcher Utility Box that needs a clever name: The first scenario: You have a vocal session, you set
up 4 Mics and get 4 Mic Preamps ready to go. The vocalist sings into
each mic, and one is chosen, then a pre is chosen that complements the
singer and mic. Different people have different ways of doing this but
it often involves 4 console channels, an assistant and fast patching,
interleaved with mutes and phantom power switches. The second scenario: A bass DI and a bass mic is
setup on the cabinet, bring them both up and they sound kind of
out-of-phase, flip the phase of one channel and it is still not quite
right. You wish the phase button were a knob. The third scenario: You have set up a pristine
vocal chain and then find that you want to ride the vocal level to tape
as it is being recorded – but you dread messing up that chain by
feeding it through all the electronics in your console channel just to
score use of a fader. This product is intended to help in those
situations. When comparing mics, one needs to compensate for differing mic sensitivities. The Monitor Output can have a different gain for each microphone selection. However, there is just one digital controlled analog gain stage and preset gains that you adjust simply follow the mic buttons. Similarly, different preamps may be slightly different in gain and a bit of tweaking can be done on each preamp OR easier to accomplish in one location for comparison sake with this product. The relative gain trim is added to the mic trim for the monitor output. A front panel jack allows for a fader to be plugged in and remote control the monitor output for the smooth level rides best done with a fader. When 4 mics and 4 mic preamps need to be
“paired” the Mic Utility Box has a matrix mode to allow all that
patching quickly and painlessly without big Phantom Power Pops. A variable All-Pass filter on the monitor output
allows one to intuitively align a pair of mics or a mic and DI in the
time domain. Generally the signal with the earliest arrival goes
through the All-Pass and is taken from the Monitor Output. This can be
recorded on a separate track or blended with other mic. The back panel has 4 Mic inputs, 4 Mic level sends to Mic Preamps, 4 Mic Preamp returns plus one Monitor output. In situations where the outputs of all 4 preamps are required it is possible to use “Y” cables with one set going to a console for further track routing or mixing. The Utility box does patch each of the 4 mics to each of the 4 preamps in “Matrix Mode”. Help! We need a clever name for this unit! Want to help us out?
New Product FAQ: Answer: We'll let you know right after we know. We are working on these new products now and will announce when they are available as soon as they are. Question: How much is this thing going to cost? Answer: We'll let you know right after we know. We are working on these new products now and will announce pricing as soon as we figure that out.
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