Big-time Features, Big-time Value!
Packing the great Joemeek sound and vibe into a compact desktop device, the threeQ is a super-affordable way to improve your recorded sound right now. Incorporating the same Burr-Brown ICs found in the higher-end studio channels, the threeQ gives you a stellar front end for the money — but the magic doesn't stop there! You also get a Joemeek EQ to dial in your sounds, along with top-notch optical compression. That's right, the same magic that made Joemeek gear a studio staple is included inside the threeQ — and at a price that makes the threeQ one heck of a bargain! Pro studio sound on a project studio budget — that's what you get with the Joemeek threeQ!
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Joemeek threeQ Desktop Studio Channel Strip Features at a Glance:- Ultra-clean microphone preamplifier
- Highly musical 3-band EQ with Sweep midrange
- Full-featured optical compressor with settings from "silk" to "in your face!"
- Accurate LED metering for quick monitoring of level and gain reduction
- Line instrument input for use as a DI during sessions
- Balanced and unbalanced I/O for proper interfacing with any system
- Intuitive panel layout for "transparent" use while recording
- Compact half-rack design for desktop or rackmount use
- Input impedances: Mic: 1.2 Kohm; Line: 20 Kohm
- Preamp overall gain: 0dB to 60dB
- Common mode rejection: 70dB
- Equivalent input noise: -128.5dBu (unweighted)
- Distortion: 0.001% (below compressor threshold)
- Frequency response: 10Hz to 70kHz (-3dB)
- Maximum input before clipping: Mic: +19.5dBu; Line: +44.5dBu
- Headroom before clipping: +19.5dBu
- Compressor threshold: +∞dBu to -20dBu (variable)
- Compressor ratio: 5:1 (typical)
- Compressor attack time: 1 ms to 100 ms (adaptive)
- Compressor release time: 0.1 sec to 3 sec (adaptive)
- EQ boost and cut: +/-15dB (zero phase-shift bell response)
- LF frequency: 80Hz (fixed)
- Mid frequency: 300Hz to 5kHz variable
- HF frequency: 12kHz (fixed)
- EQ "Q": 0.9 (1.6 octaves)
- Output gain: -∞dBu to +16dBu (variable)
- Nominal output levels: +4dBu/-10dBv (selectable)
- Output impedance: 75 ohm
- Output level switch: 12dB attenuation
- Noise floor: -85dBu (typical, with ~40dB mic gain)
- VU meter: 8-segment bar graph
- Power supply: 12V AC mains adapter
- Power consumption: 12 watts
