Monte's Needs - AER MM 200 User Manual

MM200
Monte Montgomery
Signature Amp
• Needs:
• Monte's playing is more than powerful, loud and dyna-
mic he is making use of a lot of eff ect pedals - a rather
electric/acoustic than acoustic/electric sound – Monte's
sound!
• The volume, as such, the percussiveness and the
almost physical attack of the instrument within his style
needs a relaxed amp, with lot's of headroom, eff ective
but "understated" dynamic control and a sound repro-
duction that that blends the directness and attack with a
mild and melodic character.
• A live amp, made for the stage (sic!) that works for Mon-
te as a Soloist, as well as with the Band, that supports him
with punch and intelligibility.
• Easy to operate, with the sound right there - without
tweaking and bending – and all the time. Ruggedness
and reliability match perfectly to Monte's needs.
• Besides that a valuable additional source for recording
especially due to superb preamps and audio-circuits
along the signal pass. Line and DI-out deliver the sound
at full.
• Last, but not least, the Mute-Switch, the "Monte Mute",
a feature indispensable for Monte's needs. Push a button
and the amp is completely quiet!
• Thus:
• First, the speaker: we decided for enough and appropri-
ate speakers with equivalent sensitivity and fast respose.
The AER dual-cone 8", (200mm) is perfect for that! Two
of them, diagonal, upright on the baffl e board bundle
the power. They off er a power handling of 200 Watts at
93dB @1W/1m each and qualify by a strong defi ned
mid-range and a tight low end well capable of live sound
pressure levels.
• Second, the engine: driven by AER's UNIV-250 Class A/B
Power amp-module used in 2 x 100 W mode to drive
each speaker separately. Specially designed to handle
high impulses the amp handles multiples of his stated
power over the fi rst decisive milliseconds to allow the
signal, the impulse, to pass without distortion.
• Third, features: the classic AER „singer-song-writer" -
setup with two separate channels (instrument and voice),
separate gains and very musical eq's, 4 eff ects, eff ect pan,
aux in, eff ects loop, line and DI ...
• Fourth, a power package, still pretty small and
handy in classic AER look.
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