BEHRINGER PROMIC2200 - Manuals

Page 2 - SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

2 ULTRAGAIN PRO MIC2200 This symbol, wherever it appears, alerts you to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage inside the enclosure - voltage that may be sufficient to con- stitute a risk of shock. This symbol, wherever it appears, alerts you to important operating and mainte- nance instructi...

Page 3 - FOREWORD

3 ULTRAGAIN PRO MIC2200 FOREWORD Dear Customer,Welcome to the team of ULTRAGAIN PRO users and thank you very much for expressing your confidence in BEHRINGER products by purchasing this unit.It is one of my most pleasant tasks to write this letter to you, because it is the culmination of many months...

Page 4 - ULTRAGAIN PRO; Ultra low-noise discrete Microphone/Line Preamplifier

4 ULTRAGAIN PRO MIC2200 MIC2200 ULTRAGAIN PRO Ultra low-noise discrete Microphone/Line Preamplifier s Mic input stages are based on super-high quality, discrete conjugate transistor pair circuitry s Ultra-wide bandwidth from 2 Hz to 200 kHz for open sound s Built-in high-quality vacuum tube for ou...

Page 5 - TABLE OF CONTENTS

5 ULTRAGAIN PRO MIC2200 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 6 1.1 Technical background ....................................................................................................

Page 7 - Technical background

7 ULTRAGAIN PRO MIC2200 1.1 Technical background By employing current modern analog technology it is possible to manufacture audio equipment with a dynamic range of up to 130 dB. In contrast to analog techniques, the dynamic range of digital equipment is approximately 25 dB less. With conventional r...

Page 8 - The tube used in the ULTRAGAIN PRO

8 ULTRAGAIN PRO MIC2200 It is therefore useful to keep the operating level as high as possible without risking signal distortion in order to achieve optimum transmission quality. t P/dB +20 0 -20 -40 -60 -80 Clipping Headroom Operating level Effective SNR Noise floor Fig. 1.2: The interactive relati...

Page 11 - THE DESIGN CONCEPT; High quality components and design; Inputs and outputs

11 ULTRAGAIN PRO MIC2200 1.2.4 The best of both worlds Despite many efforts neither manufacturers nor developers have succeeded so far in simulating these positive properties of the tube by means of other devices. Additionally, the natural capabilities of the tube to act as a soft limiter can only b...

Page 12 - Audio connections

12 ULTRAGAIN PRO MIC2200 3.1 Rack mounting The BEHRINGER ULTRAGAIN PRO fits into one standard 19" rack unit of space (1 3/4"). Please allow at least an additional 4" depth for the connectors on the back panel. Be sure that there is enough air space around the unit for cooling and please ...

Page 13 - Front panel control elements

13 ULTRAGAIN PRO MIC2200 + Never use unbalanced XLR connections with microphone cables, as this would short-circuit any phantom power transmitted over these cables! 4. CONTROL ELEMENTS 4.1 Front panel control elements Fig. 4.1: Control elements on the front panel 1 This +48 V switch activates the +4...

Page 14 - Rear panel control elements

14 ULTRAGAIN PRO MIC2200 9 The x 0.1 switch lowers the working range of the FREQUENCY control to 10 - 200 Hz, so that you can process the bass end of the audio spectrum. 10 The x 10 switch raises the working range of the FREQUENCY control to 1 - 20 kHz, so that you can process the treble end of the ...

Page 15 - The ULTRAGAIN PRO as a microphone preamplifier

15 ULTRAGAIN PRO MIC2200 5. APPLICATIONS This section describes some typical applications of the BEHRINGER ULTRAGAIN PRO. Starting from the following basic settings you can use it to solve the majority of audio problems.Please take your time to study the application examples, so as to be able to ful...

Page 17 - The ULTRAGAIN PRO as a level translator; The ULTRAGAIN PRO as a direct-injection box

17 ULTRAGAIN PRO MIC2200 Never switch on the +48 V supply when you use unbalanced microphones, as this could cause electrical damage.Some people hold that the sound of dynamic microphones is affected when the +48 V supply is on, or that ribbon microphones cannot be operated from an input equipped wi...

Page 18 - The ULTRAGAIN PRO as a tube interface

18 ULTRAGAIN PRO MIC2200 Notching out specific interference frequencies and narrow-band resonances (uncontrolled frequency peaks) is one of the ULTRAGAIN PROs major tasks: by tuning the EQ in to the precise trouble frequency, interference such as hum and noise caused by air conditioners, etc. can...