ART Pro Audio Pro Channel - Mic Preamp/Compressor/EQ - Manual (Page 6)

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Features
The Pro Channel is a unique product. It contains three independent, award-winning
circuit designs: one of the finest tube microphone preamplifiers available, one of the
finest optical tube compressors available, and one of the most flexible EQs you’ve ever
used. Developed in partnership with studio and live sound engineers, the Pro Channel
possesses a “sound” that is not available from any other product on the market – at any
price! The Pro Channel was designed and constructed with the best components,
assuring a lifetime of quiet, reliable performance. The Pro Channel offers the following:
• The award winning A R T “SOUND”!
• Very low-noise, tube-based mic/line preamplification with discreet, Class-A solid-
state input circuitry
• Both electro-optical and tube compressor designs
• Tube-based, semi-parametric, four-band equalization with selectable frequency ranges
and Q
• Three hand-selected tubes
• VCA-less compressor circuitry (i.e., transparent dynamics control)
• Unique tube character and gain reduction LED metering
• Large 3” analog VU metering to monitor Output and Send points
• Bypassable compression and equalization circuitry
• XLR balanced inputs and outputs
• ¼” TS unbalanced inputs and outputs
• A rugged steel and aluminum chassis
• ¼” unbalanced insert points between the preamp and compressor and between the
compressor and equalizer
• +48V phantom power
• Phase reversal
• Detented rotary controls
• Variable threshold and compression ratios
• Selectable attack and release time settings
• >90dB of dynamic range
• An internal power supply
• A five year warranty
• Designed in the USA