Mic800 Input; Mic800 Output; Front Panel - Behringer Minimic Mic800 User Manual

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MINIMIC MIC800 User Manual

2.1.1 MIC800 input

The MIC800 can receive low-level signals from the following types of
audio equipment:
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microphones that you use to convert vocals and some
instrument sounds into electrical energy
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DI boxes that you use to input signals from most types of electric
instruments (electric guitars and basses, for example)
The MIC800 can also receive line-level signals when these signals are
also mono signals. Examples of audio equipment that output these
mono signals include some types of keyboards and soundcards.
In this documentation, the signals that the MIC800 receives are
referred to as input signals.
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Fig. 2.1: MIC800 front panel
In the previous illustration, each control element is associated with a
callout, for example . In this section, use these callouts to identify
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details about each control element. The numeric order of callouts
identifies the signal path of the MIC800. This means
through
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that the PHANTOM +48 V button (
path. The VU meter ( ) is the last feature in the signal path.
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About the buttons
Some of the MIC800 control elements are buttons. When a button is:
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pushed in and illuminated, the relevant feature is turned on
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not pushed in and illuminated, the relevant feature is turned off
The rest of this section describes how to use the control elements of
the MIC800:
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Before you turn on the MIC800, turn the INPUT GAIN control
to +26 dB (minimum setting).
(power) button: To turn the MIC800 on and off,
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push this button.
VTC LED: When you turn on the MIC800, this LED is illuminated.
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This indicates that the VTC (Virtual Tube Circuitry) is activated.
VTC is BEHRINGER analog technology that emulates the warmth
of vintage tube circuitry. Here, the term warmth refers to
the upper harmonics that tube circuitry adds to audio signals.
Upper harmonics give audio signals power, transparency, and
unobtrusive brilliance.
To adjust the amount of warmth that the MIC800 creates,
use the TUBE MODELING control (
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) is the first feature in the signal
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2.1.2 MIC800 output

The MIC800 can send line-level signals to most types of audio
equipment. Some examples include compressors, mixers, multi-track
recorders, power amps. In this documentation, the signals that the
MIC800 sends are referred to as output signals.

2.2 Front panel

This section describes how to use the front panel of the MIC800,
illustrated as follows:
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PHANTOM +48 V button: If you connected a condenser
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microphone to the MIC800, use this button to turn on phantom
power. Phantom power is the + 48 volts that condenser
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microphones need to polarize condenser diaphragms.
Dynamic microphones do not need phantom power.
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Before you turn on phantom power, connect your
condenser microphone to the MIC800. In addition,
mute all loudspeakers.
20 dB PAD button: To reduce the input sensitivity by 20 dB,
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use this button to turn on the pad. It is not recommended to
reduce the input sensitivity for microphone input.
Ø (phase inversion) button: If you encounter phase
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cancellation, use this button to turn on the phase inversion
feature. This feature inverts the input signal 180 degrees.
Phase cancellations occur when you combine the output signal
with other signals and the combined signals cancel each other.
INPUT GAIN control: To boost the level of the input
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signal, turn this control toward +26 dB (minimum setting)
or, alternatively +60 dB (maximum setting). Slowly boost the
level of the input signal.
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