The microphone input uses unique circuitry, via a transformer, as is designed to get full warmth from any professional microphone while at the same time having that ‘fairy dust sound’.

Both microphone and line level inputs maintain excellent overload margins as well as extreme low noise performance. The audio gain in the system is shared across four low-noise amplifier stages to handle the most difficult of sounds.

The limiter is a classic Ted Fletcher design from 1979 when it was first introduced into the Alice 828 portable mixer and is known to have gained admiration and is used by top artists and major studios just for the sound of the limiter!

Technical Specification

Mic input: 20Hz to 20KHz – precision balanced +0, -1dB
Line input: 10KHz
Relative input noise: -128.6dB
Harmonic distortion: (@ 0dB output 1KHz) 2nd order 0.005%, 3rd order 0.03dB
Maximum mic gain: 77dB
Maximum input level: approx -10dBu
Maximum output level: +22dBu
High pass filter: 6dB/8ve 3dB down at 75Hz
Limiter: soft knee with approx 12:1 ratio
Switchable phantom power: In/out
Switchable mic/line: In/Out
Switchable limiter: In/Out

100% manufactured in the UK