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Daking Audio

Daking Audio Mic Pre One Manual

VERSION 1.0

Hendrik David Gideonse XIX

1/18/2010

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Summary of Contents for Mic Pre IV

Page 1: ...Daking Audio Daking Audio Mic Pre One Manual VERSION 1 0 Hendrik David Gideonse XIX 1 18 2010 ...

Page 2: ... 1 4 3 Line Input XLR or TRS 6 1 4 4 Line Output XLR 6 1 4 5 Power supply Connection 6 1 5 Front Panel 6 1 5 1 LED VU and Peak Meter 7 1 5 2 The HPF High Pass Filter Knob 7 1 5 3 The Gain Knob 8 1 5 4 Instrument Input Jack 9 1 5 5 Button 9 1 5 6 Pad Button 9 1 5 7 48 Button 9 1 5 8 Ø Phase Button 10 1 6 Signal Flow Patching Into and Out of Your Mic Pre IV 10 1 6 1 Microphone to Mic Pre One to Audi...

Page 3: ...f Daking 1 2 Quick Start Guide 1 2 1 Don t read the manual Most of you will already know how to use mic preamps perfectly well and might be even a little offended at the idea of reading the instruction manual So don t read it This manual is not for you This manual is for someone that knows enough to buy the very best Daking of course but doesn t have a lot of experience using recording gear You mi...

Page 4: ... requires phantom power push in the 48 Button to engage phantom power Patch out of the Output Jack of the same preamp to the line level input of your recording device using either a microphone XLR Female to XLR Male cable or balanced line XLR Female to a TRS Male cable 1 3 The Power Supply Your Mic Pre One ships with an external 48V DC power supply External power supplies offer many advantages ove...

Page 5: ... XLR parts because the female plug fits into the male plug to join together The male XLR has 3 pins male pins inside the plug and the female XLR has three holes inside the plug female holes Check out the diagrams below TRS Tip Ring Sleeve cables have male 3 conductor diameter connectors on both ends These connectors are cheaper less reliable and offer less contact area for the electrical connectio...

Page 6: ...a microphone level signal and definitely not a speaker level signal Plugging a speaker level signal into your Mic Pre IV may blow it up This signal is far too hot to work properly with your preamp 1 4 4 Line Output XLR The output signal from your preamp comes from here If you are connecting your preamp to a patch bay on a console instead of a line XLR input on another piece of gear you will want t...

Page 7: ...hen the VU meter is showing a much lower signal The peaks of an audio signal are much higher than the RMS of the audio signal NOTE While most VU meters are calibrated to 0dB VU 4dBu this meter is in fact a true dBu meter where 0dB on the meter is in fact 0dBu This means that when the Mic Pre One s VU meter is reading 0dB and you patch into another standard VU meter directly from the mic pre you wi...

Page 8: ...ter you have set your gain level appropriately start to turn the HPF knob clockwise until you can hear the low frequencies start to thin out in the audio Now back the knob off counter clockwise until you can t hear the HPF Now you have removed the unwanted and unnecessary frequencies but the filter isn t affecting the timbre of the audible frequencies of your source material 1 5 3 The Gain Knob Th...

Page 9: ...ust engage the Button in order to use the front jack 1 5 5 Button This button switches the input of the mic pre to the front input and disengages the rear mic input 1 5 6 Pad Button The Pad button is a 20dB attenuator usefully when the gain switch is in its lowest position and the peak indicator is still being lit Most commonly the Pad button will be required for extremely dynamic sources like dru...

Page 10: ...o Mic Pre One to Audio Interface or Mixer Basic Cables Needed 1 Microphone Type Cable Female XLR to Male XLR 1 Female XLR or Male TRS to Male TRS Balanced Cable Patch from the microphone to the mic input on the Mic Pre One using the female XLR to male XLR microphone cable Patch out of one of the line outputs to a line input on your audio interface or console using either a female XLR to TRS cable ...

Page 11: ...S Male 1 XLR Female to TRS Male Steps 1 Patch from the bottom back jack on the patch bay module to an input on the MPIV using the TRS to XLR Male cable 2 Patch to top jack of the patch bay module from an output of the Mic Pre One using the XLR Female to TRS cable 3 Now you can patch into a mic pre from the front of the patch bay Simply run a patch cable from your source microphone and into the bot...

Page 12: ...inuously Variable Gain Control for quick accurate recall 20 Segment vu Meter 20 to 25 23dB Peak indicator All relay switching w gold bi furcated contacts Switched 48 Volt Phantom power 20dB pad on mic input Stainless steel construction for noise immunity Aluminum knobs Power supply included Output level control before last stage of gain 75dB gain ...

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