BEHRINGER TUBE ULTRAGAIN MIC500USB Microphone Preamplifier

Add tube colour on the way into your computer.

A dry home recording can leave a vocal or guitar sounding bare. The MIC500USB passes your mic or guitar through a vacuum tube preamplifier before it reaches your computer.

Choose the character

The PREAMP MODE switch offers 16 presets, from WARM over LIMITER to NEUTRAL. GAIN runs from +26 to +60 dB. A 20 dB PAD lowers input sensitivity. LOW CUT removes subsonic noise such as floor rumble. PHASE REVERSE helps when phase cancellations appear in a multi-mic setup.

Mic, guitar or line

A balanced XLR input takes your microphone, with +48 V phantom power for condensers. A guitar goes into the Hi-Z input instead. It is wired parallel to the XLR, so use one at a time. The 2/R LINE IN goes straight to the converter, untouched by the tube section.

Record, listen, send

Over USB, the tube channel and the line input reach your computer as two channels, at 16-bit/48 kHz. The device is class-compliant, so no drivers are required. DIRECT MONITOR mixes both inputs with computer playback in your headphones. The balanced ¼" DIRECT OUTPUT sends the tube signal to a mixer, recording system or power amp.

Features

• High-end pre-amplification for all microphone, instrument and line-level sources. Specifically designed for studio-grade condenser mics
• Perfectly matches your studio, live and hard disk recording set-up
• Ultra-flexible Preamp Modeling allows you to optimize your recordings
• Choose between 16 preamp voicings designed for electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards, bass guitars, drums, vocals and more
• Built-in USB/Audio Interface to connect directly to your computer. Free audio recording, editing and podcasting software plus 150 instrument/effect plug-ins downloadable at behringer.com
• Powerful Phones output with Level control and Direct Monitor select
• Hand-selected 12AX7 vacuum tube with UTC technology for exceptional warmth and lowest noise
• Ensures outstanding signal transparency when used as a high-end DI-box
• Sophisticated output limiter prevents the output signal from clipping
• Dedicated low cut filter eliminates unwanted noise, e.g. floor rumble
• +48 V phantom power, Phase Reverse switch and 20 dB Pad for utmost flexibility
• Highly accurate 8-segment LED level meter
• Balanced inputs and outputs on 1/4" TRS and XLR connectors