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Europa 1

Crane Song Europa 1
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Description

Dave Hill Designs has produced a new and unique concept of mic pre: One Europe. It 'a pre-amp microphone upscale equipped with standard features such as phase, phantom power and an instrument input and three new controls to the original characterization of the sound.

The microphone input has 3 input impedances, 2.2 K ohms for normal microphones, 300 ohms and a Hi-z for other types of microphones. The instrument input has an impedance of 1.2 MOhm which is ideal for guitars.

The overall gain is adjustable in 1 dB steps from 0 to 66dB of microphone input and 0 to 30 dB input instrumental.

The special feature of this new processor microphone are three controls for changing the color of the pre-amplifier. SPEED: varies the speed of response of the pre. EVEN HARMONIC: 9 to control color levels ODD HARMONIC: 9 to control color levels These three controls are constituted by a series of analog circuits and have influence on the speed that the color of the sound, Their adjustment is done in steps, for a control more real and practical.

Discussions

Fast mic pres vs slow mic pres

...state the slew rate in their specs. A few preamps have a variable slew rate like the Dave Hill Europa 1 below (see the Speed dial):

Dave Hill Europa 1

I'm not a Dave Hill Europa 1 user, but I do believe this question deserves a reply. Smile smiley

Preamp for Geffel UM92

...a Link Audio Design X530 lunchbox) AND if you can find one a Crane Song Flamingo or a Dave Hill Europa 1 preamp.. very good sounding options, very cleverly designed and the Europa could really change what you get out of your mic. I hope this helps, howdy Cheu P.S.: any of the options will work well with the...