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Page 2 - Introduction; Temporal Harmonic Alignment; Your TAMPA’s Features; Front Panel Features; MICROPHONE/INSTRUMENT: Neutrix connector accepts both an XLR

3 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the TAMPA, designed andmanufactured by M-Audio. TAMPA is a professional, single channelmicrophone/instrument preamp unlike any other.That’s because our designteam set out to discover just why expensive tube technology sounds sogood, and devise a way...

Page 3 - Rear Panel Features; Setup and Connection; Connecting TAMPA to your equipment is simple.; AC power

9. LOW CUT: Rolls off 12dB per octave at 80Hz and below when engaged. Use this to avoid rumble from passing traffic, footsteps and so forth. 10. COMPRESSOR IN/OUT: Engages/disengages the TAMPA’s entire compressor stage. When disengaged, TAMPA’s compressor circuitry isremoved from the signal path. 11...

Page 4 - To output to digital equipment:; Connect either the S/PDIF OUTPUT or AES/EBU OUTPUT to your sound; Connecting Your Tampa’s Outputs

To output to digital equipment: 1. Connect either the S/PDIF OUTPUT or AES/EBU OUTPUT to your sound card, digital recorder or other digital device using an analogous connectorand a good quality digital cable. 2. Use the SAMPLE RATE knob to select the sample rate matching that of the destination devi...

Page 5 - TAMPA Controls; Setting Levels

TAMPA Controls Setting Levels TAMPA has the ability to provide a massive 66dB of gain. Due to TAMPA’sTemporal Harmonic Alignment technology, higher overall levels (also called“soft clipping”) bring increased levels of harmonics that commonlytranslate to the ear as greater warmth. Still, the signal l...

Page 7 - To set TAMPA’s compressor:; Set the COMPRESSOR IN/OUT switch to the IN position, wih all; Setting the Compressor

after the signal passes the threshold setting. In general, ideal attack timesettings are a function of the type of instrument and inherent transients.For instruments like string and bass that exhibit slower attack, a slowerattack time setting is usually best. Similarly, instruments such as snaredrum...

Page 8 - Typical Settings

Electric Guitar and Bass (Sustaining) Threshold: Set to realize -10dB or greater of consistent gain reductionRatio: 10:1Attack: MediumRelease: Very long Snare (Fat) Threshold: Set to realize –6dB gain reduction consistentlyRatio: 6:1Attack: FastRelease: Medium Kick Drum (Slap) Threshold: Set to real...

Page 9 - TAMPA Specifications; Preamp Specs; Technical Support & Contact Information

TAMPA Specifications Preamp Specs • Mic input: XLR with variable impedance loading (2400/1200/600/300 ohms) • Instrument input (TRS): 200K balanced / 100K unbalanced • Digital outputs: AES/EBU and S/PDIF 24-bit mono (44.1/48/88.2/96kHz) • Continuously variable gain: 34dB • Low-cut switch: -12dB / oc...

Page 10 - Your TAMPA’s Warranty

19 Notes: 19 Tampa-0813002 Your TAMPA’s Warranty M-AUDIO warrants this product, under normal use, to be free of defectsin materials and workmanship for a period of One (1) Year from date ofpurchase, so long as: the product is owned by the original purchaser, withproof of purchase from an authorized ...