Mercenary Audio - Manley SLAM! Stereo Mic Pre/Limiter

Obviously, I like the Drawmer 1969... for the same matter I like the Great River MP-2NV, the Empirical Labs EL-8, and API. The fact of the matter is that while you will indeed be able to spread these units out over a greater quantity of channels, you will not be able to net the same tonal balance and control you will net with the SLAM! I have used the SLAM! with a Royer SF-12 on drums, and my jaw dropped at the results. I pretty much never use compression on drums, but this was an entirely different story. I was able to capture the image of the kit, the subtlety and nuance of the player, the tone of the drums and sense of space in the room as I had never captured them before. This was an entirely eye opening experience! In a vocal application I was able to really capture the full emotion of the singer, while for all intents and purpose eradicating anything that resembled dynamic range, but without any loss of the emotion that is created by a dynamic performance. I was able to use the unit in such a seamless manner that when the day was done you could have sworn I had spent a half dozen hours doing automated fader rides on the vocal track... not to mention the way the unit complemented my mic selection for this particular singer to a "T". The long and the short of it is that if you can afford it, it's one hell of an unbelievable unit. -Fletcher

Manley SLAM! Stereo Mic Pre/Limiter features

SLAM!^® stands for "Stereo Limiter And Mic pre" and it pretty much describes what it will do to most VU meters.

SPECIFICATIONS

Input Tubes: 2 x 12AT7A NOS GE specially selected by Manley Labs for lo-noise and stable bias
Output Tubes: 2 x 6414W NOS USA dual triodes
I/O: Manley transformer coupled Balanced Inputs and Outputs
Micpre: Selectable 48V phantom power and PHASE REVERSE
Gain: 60dB max Micpre, 43dB max DI, 20dB max Limiter Gain
Input Impedance: 2000Ω Micpre, 1MegaΩ DI
FET Limiter: Attack: approx. 100μ Release: 10mS to 2Sec; Ratio: better than 20:1
ELOP Limiter: Attack: approx. 10mS for 6dB GR; Release: 2.5 Sec; Ratio: 10:1
DAC: AES 24Bit 192KHz upsampling from 44.1, 48, 88.2, & 96KHz
A to D: 24Bit 96KHz (for now)
Frequency Response: 5Hz to 60KHz
Maximum Output: +32dBm, +30dBm (into 1KΩ load)
THD+N: <.05% @ 1KHz
Dynamic Range: 115dB typical
Output Impedance: 200Ω
Power Consumption Slam! Analog:
0.480 Amps (480 milliamps = 480mA) @ 120V = 57.6 Watts
0.240 Amps (240 milliamps = 240mA) @ 240V = 57.6 Watts
Power Consumption Slam! Digital:
0.688 Amps (688 milliamps = 688mA) @ 120V = 82.56 Watts
0.344 Amps (344 milliamps = 344mA) @ 240V = 82.56 Watts
Outboard Power Supply is factory set for 100V, 120V or 220-240VAC operation for original destination country's mains voltage.
Operating Mains Voltage changeable with power transformer re-wiring via switch and fuse value change.
Mains Voltage Frequency: 50~ 60Hz
Size: 19" X 12" X 3.5" (occupies 2u)

MANUALS & PDFs

Manley Labs SLAM! Manual Adobe pdf

Manley Labs SLAM! Recall Sheet Adobe pdf

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