Tracking with Tampa is like a day at the beach
One listen to the Tampa and you can hear all the painstaking effort that M Audio put into accurately recreating the warm sonic character of vacuum tube triodes. The result? Amazing! Excellent fidelity without compromise. This single channel microphone/instrument pre features a dual servo optical compressor. The audio path is all harmonic phase shift corrected,solid state, discrete, Class-A circuitry.
Analog Preamp Features
Balanced microphone input with variable loading
2400 ohms / 1200 ohms / 600 ohms / 300 ohms
Phantom power (48V) on/off with indicator
Instrument input: 200K balanced / 100K unbalanced
Input (microphone /instrument) switch
Continuously variable gain: 34 dB
20 dB gain switch
Bass cut switch: -12 dB / octave below 80 Hz
System gain (balanced in / balanced out): 12 dB to 46 dB (20 dB gain out) 32 dB to 66 dB (20 dB gain in)
Maximum analog output: Balanced: +26 dBV with soft clip Unbalanced: +20 dBV with soft clip
Output impedance: 600 ohms
Analog Compressor Features
Compression type: Dual optical servo; peak response
Gain reduction: 0 dB to 23 dB typical (0 dB to 20 dB min.)
Threshold: Continuously adjustable from --20 dBu to +20 dBu
Compression ratio: Continuously adjustable from 1.1 / 1 to 10 / 1
Attack time: Continuously adjustable from 1 mS to 11 mS.
Release time: Continuously adjustable from 250 mS to 5 seconds.
Headroom: 30 dB (20 dB gain switch in) 24 dB (20 dB gain switch out)
Compression on/off switch with indicator.
Digital features
Output: S/PDIF 24 bit mono (l + r)
Data rate (switched): 44.1KHz, 48KHz, 88.2KHz & 96KHz
Maximum digital level slightly (1/2 dB) above maximum rated analog output
Metering
Clip indicator lights 4 dB below rated analog output / 4 ? dB below digital clip.
Dual VU meters. Meter 1 monitors compression, showing 0 VU at zero gain reduction. Meter 2 monitors output, showing 0 VU at +20dBm (clip indicator lights)
