440 User Manual
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Features
• Legendary Cinemag input and output transformers used in classic American consoles that were the basis of the West Coast
sound of the 70’s. A short list of records that would have featured these electronics: Van Halen - II, Fair Warning, Diver
Down, Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street, The Doors - several albums including L.A. Woman, the Beach Boys - Pet Sounds,
Fleetwood Mac - Rumors. The list goes on and on.
• 2 high performance Hybrid-Discrete opamps. One at the input transformer section and one driving the output section.
Effect pedal level effects
loop. The loop is located
between the input and output
transformer sections for the
highest signal integrity. The
signal levels are carefully
optimized as to not cause
clipping in pedals.
GAIN
SEND
RETURN
/ D.I.
OUTPUT
200
-20dB
7k
4k
80
EFFECTS LOOP
GAIN
SEND
RETURN
/ D.I.
OUTPUT
200
-20dB
7k
4k
80
EFFECTS LOOP
GAIN
SEND
RETURN
/ D.I.
OUTPUT
200
-20dB
7k
4k
80
EFFECTS LOOP
GAIN
SEND
RETURN
/ D.I.
OUTPUT
200
-20dB
7k
4k
80
EFFECTS LOOP
GAIN
SEND
RETURN
/ D.I.
OUTPUT
200
-20dB
7k
4k
80
EFFECTS LOOP
GAIN
SEND
RETURN
/ D.I.
OUTPUT
200
-20dB
7k
4k
80
EFFECTS LOOP
GAIN
SEND
RETURN
/ D.I.
OUTPUT
200
-20dB
7k
4k
80
EFFECTS LOOP
GAIN
SEND
RETURN
/ D.I.
OUTPUT
200
-20
7k
4k
80
EFFECTS LOOP
IN
MIX
OUT
TIME
DELAY
OUT (L) OUT (R)
MIX
IN
DECAY
REVERB
• Only premium quality components selected for the 100% analog signal path
• Meris designs and manufactures all of our gear in Los Angeles, CA USA. Even our transformers are wound just a few miles
away from the Meris office.
The output control was carefully placed
in the output transformer hybrid-discrete
drive section avoiding post-output
transformer attenuators in other preamps
that can degrade the output transformer’s
performance.
High-pass filter selectable between 80Hz and
200Hz. The 80Hz setting is useful for cutting
the mud out of a woofy guitar cabinet or even
as a typical high-pass on vocals. The 200Hz
setting is often useful when recording an
overly boomy acoustic guitar.
High shelf boost filters at 4kHz or 7kHz give
you 3dB of boost at those respective corner
frequencies. Many times when miking a guitar
cabinet, engaging the 4kHz high shelf and the
80Hz high-pass achieves a finished tone that
requires no additional e.q. at mixdown. The
7kHz high shelf can add necessary presence to
an otherwise outstanding ribbon mic that could
benefit from some sparkle in the high end.
Standard feature Pad and Phase
switches.
Switchable phantom power
with LED indicator.
The effects return jack also doubles
as a great D.I. for bass, guitar or other
instruments that require a high impedance
input. The D.I. also provides up to 12dB gain
if necessary and benefits from the tone of
the output transformer.
