Killer Mic Pre and Multi-function Box!

Just another microphone preamp? Hardly. The 286A is such an all-purpose, multi-faceted device that your audio pros at GearNuts are at a loss to know where to begin describing it. As a microphone preamplifier, the 286A sports a +48V phantom power switch, an 80Hz high pass filter and clear, pristine sound. But the 286A also works as a voice processor, with a compressor, de-esser, enhancer, and an expander/gate. Tough enough to handle the rock-n-roll howlers, but sophisticated enough to pick up the subtle details and nuances of live performance, the 286A offers up a massive range of tools in one box with one power supply. All you need for great-sounding, dependable voice processing is right here in the 286A!

• Studio quality microphone preamplifier combined with a compressor, de-esser, enhancer and expander/gate puts tremendous flexibility in an value-packed, small unit.
• Ideal for studio, broadcast, and field recording plus live sound. Use for tracking or mixing.
• Pre-amp works with microphone or line level ins, offers phantom power: and 80Hz, 18dB/Oct high pass filter plus input level meter.
• All new design offers OverEasy compression ranging from smooth and transparent to dense and aggressive for the dbx "in your face" sound.
• Feedforward de-esser takes out excessive sibilance or other high frequency overloads ( like crash cymbals ) across lots of input levels.
• High frequency Spectral Enhancement circuit continually analyzes the input signal and self-adjusts to provide just the right amount of equalization.
• Low frequency Spectral Enhancement uses a special fourth-order bass equalizer that permits substantial boost around 80Hz while reducing the muddy mid-bass
• Expander/gate's variable ratio lets you go with gentle downward expansion or hard gating action.
• Master bypass switch for the processor section; clip indicators on both the pre amp and the processor output, floating balanced ins.
• An insert jack between the microphone pre and processor sections is perfect for adding an equalizer ( like the 242 ) or muting the Out of the microphone pre
• Output gain variable from -30dB to +10dB