Mindprint En Voice Preamp Channel Strip Mk1 Faulty

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HoThis is an auction for my previously excellent mind print en voiceMINDPRINT EN-VOICEIt's an amazing channel strip but I think the valve has gone or the switch for the effects (compressor and saturation) has gone. Anyway, the channel strip preamp works perfectly but the effects don't switch in. It's an easy fix for someone with a bit of know how but that ain't me!This unit is a fabulous mic pre that sounds very expensive and has a great following amongst aficionados. The comp is excellent ( when it works) and the eq is very versatile and low noise.Here is a review. By Rob Shrock | Tue, 01 Feb 2000The En-Voice is an elegant, single-channel voice processor, from the German company MindPrint (distributed in the United States by Steinberg), that combines a high-quality mic preamp, 3-band equalizer, and tube compressor in one unit. The En-Voice offers a wide variety of tone-shaping options and is designed as both a front end for digital recorders and a processor for prerecorded analog and digital signals.GET INTO ITYou have plenty of choices when it comes to inputs and outputs on the En-Voice. The back panel includes a balanced XLR mic input, as well as XLR and 11/44-inch input jacks for connecting balanced or unbalanced line-level sources (see Fig. 1). Phantom power is available for the mic input, but the button that engages it is inconveniently placed on the back panel. A switch on the front of the unit toggles between the mic and line inputs.Guitarists and bassists can plug directly into the 11/44-inch instrument input jack located on the En-Voice's front panel. The input impedance of this jack has been optimized to prevent overdamping of the pickups, thereby keeping the sound as bright as possible. Inserting a cable into the instrument jack overrides the rear-panel mic and line inputs.A switchable bass cut allows for filtering out frequencies below either 50 Hz or 100 Hz, at a slope of 6 dB/octave. A 12-segment LED meter can indicate either the input or output level. (Care must be taken not to boost the input to the point that the red LED lights up, because the sound gets nasty rather quickly.) Another button toggles between analog and digital input when the optional DI-MOD 24/48 digital interface is installed (see the sidebar "The DI-MOD Digital Interface"). The unit I reviewed did not contain the DI-MOD, so I was unable to test it.The output of the En-Voice is at line level, and the balanced XLR and 11/44-inch outputs are simultaneously active. If a mono 11/44-inch cable is inserted into either the line input or output, the jack automatically switches into unbalanced mode and terminates the signal coming through the XLR connector.THE SHAPE OF THINGSThe En-Voice's EQ section, consisting of semiparametric high and low bands and one fully parametric midrange band, is capable of both subtle shaping and drastic warping of sounds. Each band provides up to 15 dB of boost or cut and has its own on/off switch with an LED to indicate when the section is engaged. As is the case with all of the on/off switches on the En-Voice, bypassing a particular section actually removes it from the signal path to ensure the cleanest possible audio route.The bass EQ covers a frequency range of 20 to 300 Hz. The bandwidth is preset to be wider on boost and narrower on cut, which is generally considered to be the most musical approach to equalization. Although not as precise as a fully parametric low band, the bass EQ works well in most cases, especially with microphone signals.The fully parametric mid EQ covers a very broad range, from 100 Hz to 11 kHz. The bandwidth is variable from a third of an octave to six octaves for either boosting or cutting frequencies. Unfortunately, the bandwidth markings are a bit confusing: the Q settings are labeled 0.15 to 3, with the smaller value corresponding to the broadest bandwidth and the larger value corresponding to the narrowest. If this doesn't seem to make sense, just use your ears and turn the knobs until it sounds right.The high EQ band c... read more

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