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Manley SLAM! Stereo Limiter and Mic Preamp

Stereo limiter and mic pre with digital I/O
MFR# SLAMA

Product Description

The Manley SLAM! stands for "stereo limiter and microphone preamplifier" - and it gets loud fast. Starting with the two tube microphone preamplifiers, the Manley SLAM! gives you 48 V phantom power, phase reverse, and up to 60 dB of gain and 20 dB more gain in the limiter - plenty to accommodate virtually any microphone and singer. On the limiter side, Manley combined the electro-optical circuit from the ELOP with a fast FET-based brick-wall limiter and added a handy sidechain. From clean to crunchy to punchy, you can have it with the Manley SLAM!

On both channels of the Manley SLAM! you have tube microphone preamplifiers with switchable phantom power and phase reverse. Plus, the new tube circuit features up to 60dB of gain - and there's 20dB more gain available in the limiter, so you've got plenty of juice to handle low output ribbon microphones and soft singers. The input attenuator is on the front and there's also a variable pad. Apart from XLR microphones, you can give your line-level instruments a warm-up using the front-panel DI inputs.

Electro-optical and FET-based brick-wall limiter The Manley SLAM! boasts two different and distinct limiters - available simultaneously or separately on each channel. Manley's famous electro-optical circuit, found on their ELOP, is onboard - plus it features a convenient sidechain highpass filter. Offering two knobs, the ELOP is easy to use and "just works." There's also a fast FET-based "brick wall" limiter onboard as well that delivers everything from ultra-clean to gravelly - just as you'd expected from an FET limiter. The Release control lets you dial in a host of colors, and a Clip setting allows for an extremely round shape. Use both limiters at the same time to get as much of each effect as you like.

Excellent VU metering

With Manley's SLAM! you can meter raw input levels, the final output levels, and ELOP Limiter gain reduction, so you can keep an eye on what's going on. Plus, there's a switchable pad on the VUs at 0, -3 dB and -6 dB so you can keep the needles from going in the red when you're mastering. In addition, there are fast and accurate multi-color LED ladder peak meters that let you know the input and output levels as well as the FET gain reduction. The LED meters do Peak, Peak Hold timed, and Peak Hold until reset. You can also manually set where the bars change colors, to match up the SLAM! with your other gear.

Flexible I/O

On the back panel of the Manley SLAM! you have plenty of I/O to work with. Transformer-balanced I/O and 1/4" phone jacks are onboard. In addition, four TRS jacks allow you to insert external equalizers into the sidechains. Another input allows linking multiple units for surround purposes.

Features:

  • Input Tubes: 2 x 12AT7A NOS GE specially selected by Manley Labs for low noise and stable bias
  • Output Tubes: 2 x 6414W NOS USA dual triodes
  • I/O: Manley transformer-coupled, balanced inputs and outputs
  • Microphone preamplifier: selectable 48 V phantom power and phase reverse
  • Gain: 60 dB max microphone preamplifier, 43 dB max DI, 20 dB max limiter gain
  • Input Impedance: 2000 ohms mic pre, 1meg ohms DI
  • FET Limiter attack: approx. 100S
  • FET Limiter release: 10mS to 2Sec
  • FET Limiter ratio: better than 20:1
  • ELOP Limiter attack: approx. 10mS for 6 dB GR
  • ELOP Limiter release: 2.5S
  • ELOP Limiter ratio: 10:1
  • Frequency response: 5 Hz to 60 kHz
  • Maximum output: +32 dBm, +30 dBm (into 1 kOhm load)
  • THD+N: <0.05% @ 1 kHz
  • Dynamic range: 115 dB typical
  • Output impedance: 200 Ohms
  • Power consumption slam!: 0.480 Amps (480 milliamps = 480 mA) @ 120 V = 57.6 Watts, 0.240 Amps (240 milliamps = 240 mA) @ 240 V = 57.6 Watts
  • Mains voltage frequency: 50~ 60 Hz
  • Size: 19" x 12" x 3.5" (occupies 2 RU)
  • Shipping weight: 25 lb

Product Specifications

Condition New
Tube or Solid State Tube
Channels Dual-Channel
Chassis 19-inch Rack-mount
Rack Spaces 2U
Digital I/O Yes

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