Chandler Limited Little Devil pre amp User Manual
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NOTES ON FEEDBACK-
With the feedback all the way down you will not get much level. This is the nature of feedback.
Lots of feedback = very little gain. I wanted it like that because there are very specific sounds
you can get with it. For example, with lots of feedback (control off or counter clockwise)
you get very little distortion and the noise floor is very low. It also allows you to use the pre
with almost no gain for when you are recording loud sources like drums and guitar.
Control off or counter clockwise- Lots of feedback, Little gain.
Control full or clockwise- Very little feedback, lots of gain.
OUTPUT-
Acts as a fader on a mixing console and is used to trim the signal of the pre or when
you want to experiment with driving the input signal to varying degrees. On all mic
pres with this feature, headroom of the pre is decreased as you lower the signal but
with the added benefit of a lower noise floor. The Devil pre loves to be driven so try this out!
BRIGHT-
Increases high frequency information on the output transformer by lessoning dampening.
It’s interesting to note that the pre amp was originally designed with the Bright in until it was
decided that it may be too bright for continuous operation.
LOW CUT-
Gently sloping low cut at 100hz. We tuned this to work as needed with instruments such as acoustic
guitar and voice.
DI-
Unbalanced direct input for guitar, bass, keyboards etc. Plugging in here
bypasses the input transformer and jumps directly into the Class A input of
the pre amp. We chose to do this on many or our products because the tone is so
much different than that on readily available direct boxes. Please note that it is possible to make the DI
oscillate with the Gain and Feedback/Bias at or near maximum. We did not compensate for this because
it would alter the overall tone of the pre amp. In standard Mic or Line input it is not possible to cause
oscillation.
48v-
Yep its 48 volt phantom power. . . .
PHASE-
Reverses the output polarity of the unit at the output transformer.
DIRECT IN
output
MIC
BRIGHT
48v
PHASE
LOW CUT
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