Manley MCORE CORE Reference Channel Strip Manly, with a 25-year legacy producing revered recording studio equipment, is building upon the success of all those years; Manley Labs has distilled its core technologies from this lineage. 2014 delivered the Manley CORE, an innovative channel strip that is capable of combining the Manley’s Greatest Hits along with fresh technology. The Manley MCORE comes with a remarkably intuitive front panel capable of combining the musical and forgiving circuitry that is allowing the musician to concentrate on his performance instead of being lost in a sea of knobs. Ease of use and intelligently chosen operating points are surely making it virtually impossible to cut a bad sounding track! Manley’s experience and insight working with the industry’s top recording engineers and musicians are what culminated in the CORE. At this price, there is no other channel-strip that comes along with higher headroom or more seductive sound than the CORE. Handcrafted in the USA, built with the capability to endure, built strong like a tank, the epicenter of your recorded art will be the Manley CORE. The signal is entering through our renowned hand-wound MANLEY IRON® input transformer that comes along with nickel laminations in a mu-metal can. The tube amplifying stage is the latest implementation of our famous Class-A circuit topology found in the VOXBOX® and Manley Dual Mono & Mono Microphone Preamplifiers. This all-triode vacuum tube circuit is capable of running on a regulated 300 Volt B+ supply that yields a huge headroom and relentless output drive capability. DETAILS FRONT PANEL CONTROLS + DIRECT INPUT 48V Phantom power switch 120Hz High Pass Filter switch Phase Invert switch Input Attenuator (Variable Pad) Mic Pre Selectable Gain 40dB or 60dB Line Amp Selectable Gain 20dB or 40dB DIRECT IN: Similar to the DI in the Manley SLAM!®, this all-discrete solid-state circuit with 10 Meg Ohm input impedance is perfect for guitars, bass, keyboards, etc. COMPRESSOR Featuring our successful ELOP® technology also found in our famous Manley VOXBOX® Compressor is uniquely before the Mic Preamp making it virtually impossible to clip Ratio 3:1 Continuously variable Attack, Release, and Threshold controls Silent Bypass switch EQUALIZER Low and High Baxandall Shelves (80Hz and 12kHz) with ±12dB range Sweepable Midrange Bell EQ (100Hz – 1kHz) or (1kHz – 10kHz) with ±10dB range LIMITER Fast attack FET “brickwall” limiter Continuously Variable Threshold and Release controls Peak Limit LED indicator 10dB range output gain control METER Large illuminated analog display 3-way meter-select switch shows Compressor Gain Reduction, Micpre Output Level, and Main Output audio levels. INPUTS & OUTPUTS Balanced XLR Mic Input Balanced XLR Line Input Front Panel Direct Instrument 1/4" Input Insert point between Mic Preamp and EQ/Limiter via ¼” TRS jack Balanced XLR Direct Output (after Preamp/Compressor section) Balanced XLR Main Output Deluxe CNC-machined 1/4" thick faceplate with inlaid laser-engraved inserts adorn the rigid 2U steel chassis – all locally sourced in Southern California. Specifications ALL-TUBE preamplifier audio path using 1 x 12AX7 for gain and 1 x 6922 White Follower Balanced Transformer Coupled XLR Microphone Input Impedance: 1200 Ohms Balanced XLR Line Input Impedance: 10 kOhms Unbalanced 1/4" Direct Input Impedance: 10 Meg Ohm Hi-current drive Direct XLR output Impedance: 50 Ohms Silent conductive plastic INPUT attenuator Microphone preamp high pass filter starting at 120Hz with a 6dB/8va slope Compressor Maximum GAIN REDUCTION: 16 dB Compressor ATTACK time: 60ms slowest CCW, 30ms at 12:00, 5ms fastest CW for 6dB compression Compressor RELEASE time: 1.5s slowest CCW, 1s at 12:00, 100ms fastest CW from 6dB compression Maximum Input Mic input (Low Gain Setting): -5 dBu or 435mV RMS @ 0.5% THD Maximum Input Mic input (High Gain Setting): -25 dBu or 44 mV RMS @ 0.5% THD Maximum Input Line input (Low Gain Setting): +13 dBu or 3.5V RMS @ 0.5% THD Maximum Input Line input (High Gain Setting): -8 dBu or 300mV RMS @ 0.5% THD Maximum Input Direct input (Low Gain Setting): +24 dBu or 12V RMS @ 0.5% THD Maximum Input Direct input (High Gain Setting): +17 dBu or 5.5V RMS @ 0.5% THD Maximum Input Insert return: +20 dBu or 7.8V RMS @ 0.5% THD Maximum Preamp Output (Insert Send): +35 dBu or 43V RMS @ 0.5% THD Maximum Preamp Output (Insert Send): +22 dBu into 600 Ohms Maximum Main Output: +20 dBu Insert Send output impedance: 50 Ohms Insert Return input impedance: 13 kOhms Main Output Impedance: 50 Ohms Direct Output Headroom (referenced to +4 dBv): 31 dB Main Output Headroom (referenced to +4 dBv): 16 dB Dynamic Range: >90 dB Frequency Response: 10 Hz to 20 kHz ±0.5 dB Large LED illuminated VU METER Meters switch to read Direct Output (1) from preamp, Output (2) from Main Out, or Compressor Gain Reduction THD & Noise (1kHz @ +4 dBm): 0.02% at Low Gain setting Noise Floor (Gain set to minimum): -70 dB wideband typical Gain via Microphone Input: 40 or 60 dB Gain via Line Input: 20 or 40dB Maximum Gain of EQ & Limiter section: 10 dB AUTOMUTE warmup delay: 30 Seconds Power consumption: 35 watts Operating mains voltage: 90 to 254 VAC (internal universal supply) Mains Voltage Frequency: 50-60Hz Dimensions: 19" x 3 1/2" x 7" (occupies 2u) Unit Weight: 8.3 lbs. Shipping weight: 11.5 lbs.
