Warm Audio Tone Beast TB12 Operation Manual
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OPERATION MANUALTB12 TONEBEAST MICROPHONE PREAMPLIFIERThe Warm Audio Tone Beast TB12 is one of the highest quality microphone preamplifiers on themarket in its price range. It uses quality USA made components found in preamplifiers with muchhigher price tags. In addition to its unparalleled quality and price, the Tone Beast has unique tone-shaping features that give users flexibility usually only found by acquiring an assortment of differentpreamps.Home-based musicians and professional studios alike will find the Tone Beast to be an extremelypowerful, versatile and fully professional piece of gear that is capable of warming and shaping bothinput signals and mixes in a way that is very pleasing to the ear.Microphone level input (XLR):Line Input:Insert (Send & Receive):Balanced Outputs (XLR & TRS):This input is designed for dynamic,condenser and ribbon microphones. Other instruments or devicesthat put out low a level microphone signal can also be plugged intothis input.The input impedance can be set to either 600 or 150 ohms.This TRS input is padded -25db's and is designed forline level instruments or sources that put out line level signals suchas keyboards, electric instruments or audio interface outputs.This input and output are designed toallow another device such as a compressor or EQ to be inserted inthe middle of the Tone Beast's circuit. These connections insert thesecondary device in the circuit after the input transformer, PAD, POL,HPF and TONE switches, but before the op amp and outputtransformer.2 outputs are provided, balancedXLR and TRS. These outputs can be used simultaneously orindependently. When using 2 TB12’s in stereo as a mastering bus,one set of outputs can be assigned to the monitor speakers while theother set returns the conditioned signal back to the DAW forrecording.Front Connections Back ConnectionsOOUNLEASH THE BEAST!Microphone level input (XLR)Hi-Z Instrument input:: This input is designed for dynamic,condenser and ribbon microphones. Other instruments or devicesthat put out a low level microphone signal can also be plugged intothis input.The input impedance can be set to either 600 or 150 ohms.The front panel ¼” input sends theinstrument's signal through the entire preamp circuit including theinput transformer, discrete op amp (operational amplifier) and outputtransformer.The thorough layout of the Hi-Z's signal path ensures thatinstruments are subject to the same robust pre-amplification asmicrophones.You can connect a variety of instruments via the Hi-Z input on thefront panel of the Tone Beast including: acoustic and electric guitars,bass guitar, keyboards, synths, drum machines, etc... |
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