Behringer Tube Ultragain MIC200 User Manual

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TUBE ULTRAGAIN MIC200 User Manual
1.  Introduction
With the MIC200, you have purchased an extremely musical mic preamp that is 
equipped with a 12AX7 vacuum tube. Thanks to BEHRINGER’s preamp modeling, 
its main advantages are the number of preamp settings you can select. Additionally, 
features like an integrated limiter, phase reverse function, phantom power supply, 
highly accurate LED meter, switchable pad function and low cut filter make the 
MIC200 a very powerful piece of equipment.
1.1  The design concept
The heart of the TUBE ULTRAGAIN is an extremely low-noise microphone preamp 
circuitry that uses discrete components and produces a highly trans-parent 
sound. In combination with our BEHRINGER tube technology, the operational 
amplifiers 4580 and a sophisticated circuit topology, the TUBE ULTRAGAIN yields 
excellent noise and distortion properties. The innovative UTC circuitry that has 
been developed by our engineering team offers an abundance of sound-shaping 
possibilities. Absolute musicality was our major goal when we designed the 
TUBE ULTRAGAIN. The result is a device that, thanks to our tube circuitry, lends an 
incredible punch to percussion instruments. On the other hand, instruments that 
are rich in upper harmonics will receive more transparency. The sound will be warm, 
detailed and brilliant.
Surely you know the recording problem that single instruments or vocals sometimes 
don’t cut through. Thanks to the TUBE ULTRAGAIN, vocals gain in presence and 
volume without masking other instruments. As a result, your voice will be perfectly 
integrated in the mix.