1 Daking Audio Mic Pre IV
1.1 About Daking Audio
Congratulations! You’ve purchased a Mic Pre 4T, a very high
end piece of gear! The Mic Pre 4T uses all-discrete
transistor Class A circuits, Jensen input and output
transformers, and printed circuit board mounted switches.
Signal capacitors are precision polypropylene or ultra low-
leakage electrolytic types. Our boards are assembled on a
mil-spec assembly line. The chassis are stainless steel for
maximum RF and hum rejection and a long lasting finish.
Every unit is hand-finished, tested, burned in, and tested
again in a second facility.
Also, we just couldn’t stand to use plastic knobs, so we
designed our own anodized, engraved aluminum knobs
that give a much more precise and quality feel. We
designed our gear to be gear you’d own for life, not some
passing fancy you’d leave in the dust once you figured
what the good stuff sounds like. This IS the good stuff.
-Geoff 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 might be a bass player who just got a DAW and
wants a cleaner, more accurate sound from your mics in
your home studio. You might be a student that just got a
check from Mom and Dad who wants to go buy
something nice for yourself.
