The Joemeek Prochannel; What It Is - Joemeek Pro Channel VC3 v2 User Manual

VC3
v2 - User's guide
Pro Channel

THE JOEMEEK PROCHANNEL

WHAT IT IS

The JOEMEEK PROCHANNEL is an input conditioner. A microphone or
musical instrument preamplifier designed to bridge the gap between the
performing musician and the recording studio.
It has been designed specially to be easy to operate, yet will give the finest
professional 'glitter' to the sound; but without hours of tweaking knobs and
switches with unrecognisable names!
QUALITY AND BIG SOUNDS
It's my theory that 'big' sounds can only be produced if the lower
frequencies in an input amplifier are kept absolutely flat and under control.
To achieve this, the JOEMEEK PROCHANNEL has an extended frequency
range down well below 20Hz. This ensures that there are no sudden phase
shifts in the low end. The proof of the theory is that it sounds great!
OVERLOAD MARGINS
In the mid 1970s I designed a range of mixers specifically for Independent
Local radio stations and the BBC. One of the specification clauses insisted
on by them was an extreme overload margin on the microphone amplifier.
The reason was that although momentary overloads (transients) are not
audible, they have an effect on the quality of the sound you hear. A high
overload margin amplifier just sounds better. Nowadays, many of these
notions have been forgotten and 'quality' electronics is getting rarer and
rarer. But the JOEMEEK range of Studio channels and the PROCHANNEL
apply these professional rules and you can hear the difference!
The function of a microphone preamplifier is not too difficult and the
microphone/input amplifiers on normal professional mixers do it quite well;
BUT they cut costs and corners. The JOEMEEK PROCHANNEL has a
specialist approach, it uses a super quality transformerless input stage in
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