Art Tube PAC User Manual page 4

F F e e a a t t u u r r e e s s
The Tube PAC is a unique product. It contains two independent
award-winning circuit designs - one of the finest tube microphone
preamplifiers available and one of the finest optical tube com-
pressors available. Developed in partnership with studio and live
sound engineers, the Tube PAC possesses a "sound" that is not
available from any other product on the market - at any price! The
Tube PAC was designed and constructed with the best compo-
nents, assuring a lifetime of quiet, reliable performance. The Tube
PAC offers:
- The award-winning A R T "SOUND"!
- Tube-based mic/line preamplifier
- Tube-based optical compressor
- Hand-selected 12AX7a tubes
- VCA-less compressor circuitry = transparent dynamics control
- Unique tube drive and gain reduction metering
- Bypassable compression circuitry
- XLR balanced inputs and outputs
- 1/4" TS unbalanced inputs and outputs
- Custom extruded aluminum chassis
- +48V phantom power
- Phase reversal
- Over 70dB of gain
- Independent input and output level controls
- Detented rotary controls
- Compression and limiting ratios
- Selectable release time settings
- >90dB dynamic range
- Internal power supply
- One year warranty
- Designed and manufactured in the USA
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