The ART Digital MPA-II microphone preamplifier can be configured for dual mono or stereo operation with selectable mid/side mic support, summing the adjacent channel, to decode left/right signals.
The input section of the ART Digital MPA-II operates at either a low or high plate voltage applied to the two integrated hand-selected 12AX7 tubes for wider variation of preamp tone and performance. Large back-lit analogue VU output meters display output levels while multi-coloured LED arrays, with average or peak hold, show tube gain and digital output levels.
In addition to XLR and 1/4″ analogue outputs, the ART Digital MPA-II features a high-quality A to D converter which offers digital connectivity on S/PDIF, ADAT, or AES/EBU outputs. A rotary control on the front panel allows selection of format and sample rates from 44.1 to 192 KHz and 16-bit dithering. There is also a push button for, and two-word clock jacks, allowing loop-through.
The ART Digital MPA-II comes in a standard 2u space rack-mountable steel chassis, with CNC routed black anodised aluminium face panel.
Features
- Variable Input Impedance for Flexible Microphone Voicing (150 ohms to 2400 ohms)
- Selectable Plate Voltage
- Large VU Meters
- Backlit Function Switches
- Discrete Class-A Input Microphone Preamplifier
- Low Noise at Lower Gain Settings
- Extremely Low Total Harmonic Distortion (THD)
- Wide Frequency Response
- Additional Front Mounted Instrument Input Jack
- Supports Mid/Side Miking Technique
- Operates at +4dbm/-10dbv Output
- Selectable Stereo/Dual Operation of Output Controls
- Automatic Instrument Input Selection
- 24-204KHz External sample rate
- 44.1K, 48K, 88.2K, 96K, 176.4K, 192K Internal sample rates
- 24/16-bit switchable dithering
- Wide dynamic range A/D
- Rotary Encoder for quick selection of sample rate
- Separate analogue and digital output level controls
- Digital Level LED meters display both Average and Peak level
- ADAT optical I/O Sync to incoming ADAT data rate
- Switch selectable optical output (S/PDIF or ADAT) AES/EBU and S/PDIF outputs
- Two-word clock jacks allowing loop through
