DRAWMER / 1970 Dual FET compressor, microphone preamplifier

A new dual FET compressor/preamp that follows on from the company's 1960 but with a significantly expanded feature set.

The 1970's feature set is similar to the Drawmer 1960, but the 1970 is significantly improved and the DI EQ has been tweaked to be more accurate.

The 1970 uses the latest THAT Corporation technology in its two mic preamps to provide you with extremely clean, transparent and accurate recordings that can be processed at a later stage using your preferred warming method: saturation, valve, transformer or tape. In addition, each channel is capable of 66dB of gain, and with switchable mic impedance for precise mic matching, you can get the best out of whatever microphone you use. It also has phantom power, phase reverse and a high pass filter.

The 1970 is a versatile tool for any studio or live event, from tracking instruments with a dedicated DI input, to recording vocals with an ultra-clean mic pre, recording guitar cabinets with two mics, a singer playing guitar, or even compressing a stereo bus with the comprehensive link and mix functions.

Features

- Two THATCorporation ultra-clean mic pres with 66dB of gain with phantom power and switchable mic impedance for precise mic matching.

- Separate line & mic input XLR

- Professional quality instrument DI input with low and high EQ.

- Can be used as two mono tracking compressors or one stereo bus compressor (avoiding image shift) via class-leading comprehensive linking capabilities.

- The FET can be completely bypassed to provide a very clean output.

- Standard controls such as threshold, ratio, attack & release, plus 8 LED GR meters for each band.

- Rear panel sidechain insert points allow further control.

- ""Big"" and ""Air"" modes help preserve super deep lows and enhance sparkling highs.

Variable Wet/DryMix and OutputGain knobs on both channels provide a ""parallel compression"" function without the need for an external mixing device, giving you complete and easy control over the amount of compression used and the output level.

Two backlit analog VU meters with switchable +10dB rescale mode. Time-delay relay on the output for clean power up/down.

Internal low-hum toroidal linear power supply with voltage selector switch.

Rugged steel chassis and aluminium front panel.

Designed and handmade by Drawmer in the UK.

■Specifications
INPUT
・・・Input Impedance 20k Ohms or greater
...Maximum Input Level +21dBu
OUTPUT
・・・Output Impedance 100 Ohms
...Maximum Output Level +21dBu into 10k Ohms Load
FREQUENCY RESPONSE
・・・20Hz to 20kHz +/-0.5dB
CROSSTALK < -75dB @ 1kHz
NOISE AT UNITY GAIN
・・・20Hz - 20kHz >93dB
% DISTORTION (THD & NOISE) @ 1kHz
...0dB (ref +4) 0.01%
...10dB (ref +4) 0.01%
MIC EIN -130dB
POWER REQUIREMENTS
・・・230Volt or 115V at 50-60hZ, 630VA
FUSE RATING
・・・T250mA for 230Volt,
・・・T500mA for 115Volt
・・・Conforming to IEC 127-2
FUSE TYPE
・・・20mm x 5mm, Class 3 Timed-Blo, 250Volt working
CASE SIZE
・・・482mm (W) x 88mm (H) x 270mm (D)
WEIGHT 4.2Kgs