Manley MCORE CORE Channel Strip

Introducing the Manley CORE®, an innovative channel strip that combines Manley's Greatest Hits with fresh technology. Built upon a 25-year legacy producing revered recording studio equipment for top recording engineers and musicians, Manley Labs has combined its CORE technologies to give you maximum flexibility at an affordable price. The COREs strength flows from its Class A high-voltage tube micpre and ELOP Compressor, into its sweep able mid EQ with high and low shelves, and is focused by a fast brick-wall FET limiter. An intuitive front panel layout allows you to concentrate on creativity instead of being lost in a sea of knobs. Easy to use, musical and forgiving, the CORE makes it easier than ever to cut a great sounding track.

Manley’s experience and insight working with the industry’s top recording engineers and musicians culminates in the CORE. At this price, there is no other channel-strip with higher headroom or more seductive sound than the CORE. Handcrafted in the USA, built like a tank, built to endure, the epicenter of your recorded art will be the Manley CORE.

The signal enters through our renowned hand-wound MANLEY IRON® input transformer with nickel laminations in a mu-metal can. The tube amplifying stage is the latest implementation of our famous Class A circuit topology found in the VOXBOX® and Manley Dual Mono & Mono Microphone Preamplifiers. This all-triode vacuum tube circuit runs on a regulated 300 Volt B+ supply yielding huge headroom and relentless output drive capability.

Key Features

• 48V Phantom power switch
• 120Hz High Pass Filter switch
• Phase Invert switch
• Input Attenuator (Variable Pad)
• Mic Pre Selectable Gain 40dB or 60dB
• Line Amp Selectable Gain 20dB or 40dB
• Featuring our successful ELOP® technology also found in our famous Manley VOXBOX®
• Compressor is uniquely before the Mic Preamp making it virtually impossible to clip
• Ratio 3:1
• Continuously variable Attack, Release, and Threshold controls
• Silent Bypass switch
• Low and High Baxandall Shelves (80Hz and 12kHz) with ±12dB range
• Sweepable Midrange Bell EQ (100Hz - 1kHz) or (1kHz - 10kHz) with ±10dB range

Technical Specifications

ALL-TUBE preamplifier audio path using 1 x 12AX7WA for gain and 1 x 6922 White Follower
Balanced Transformer Coupled XLR Microphone Input Impedance: 1250 Ohms
Balanced XLR Line Input Impedance: 10 kOhms
Unbalanced 1/4" Direct Input Impedance: 10 Meg Ohm
Hi-current drive Direct Output Impedance: 50 Ohms
Silent conductive plastic INPUT attenuator
Compressor Maximum GAIN REDUCTION: 16 dB
Compressor ATTACK time:
60ms slowest CCW, 30ms at 12:00, 5ms fastest CW for 6dB compression
Compressor RELEASE time:
1.5s slowest CCW, 1s at 12:00, 100ms fastest CW from 6dB compression
Limiter RELEASE time:
300 ms slowest CCW, 150 ms at 12:00, 2.3 ms fastest CW
Maximum Input Mic input (Low Gain Setting): -5 dBu or 435mV RMS @ 0.5% THD
Maximum Input Mic input (High Gain Setting): -25 dBu or 44mV RMS @ 0.5% THD
Maximum Input Line input (Low Gain Setting): +13 dBu or 3.5V RMS @ 0.5% THD
Maximum Input Line input (High Gain Setting): -8 dBu or 300mV RMS @ 0.5% THD
Maximum Input Direct input (Low Gain Setting): +24 dBu or 12V RMS @ 0.5% THD
Maximum Input Direct input (High Gain Setting): +17 dBu or 5.5V RMS @ 0.5% THD
Maximum Input Insert return: +20 dBu or 7.8V RMS @ 0.5% THD
Maximum Preamp Output (Insert Send): +35 dBu or 43V RMS @ 0.5% THD
Maximum Preamp Output (Insert Send): +22 dBu into 600 Ohms
Maximum Main Output: +20 dBu
Insert Send output impedance: 50 Ohms
Insert Return input impedance: 13 kOhms
Main Output Impedance: 50 Ohms
Direct Output Headroom (referenced to +4 dBu): 31 dB
Main Output Headroom (referenced to +4 dBu): 16 dB
Dynamic Range: >90 dB
Frequency Response: 10 Hz to 75 kHz -0.15dB, -0.5 dB
Large LED illuminated VU METER
Meters switch to read Direct Output (1) from preamp, Output (2) from Main Out, or Compressor Gain Reduction
THD & Noise (1kHz @ +4 dBm): 0.02% at Low Gain setting
Noise Floor Micpre (A WGT): - 84dB @ LOW GAIN, -64dB HI GAIN
EIN (A WGT): -124dB with 150 Ohm source impedance
Gain via Microphone Input: 40 LOW or 60 dB HI GAIN
Gain via Line Input: 20 or 40dB
Maximum Gain of EQ & Limiter section: 10 dB
Noise Floor Insert Return to OP2: - 90dBu BW: 22Hz - 22kHz
AUTOMUTE warmup delay: 30 seconds
Power consumption: 35 Watts
Operating mains voltage: 90 to 254 VAC (internal universal supply)
Mains Voltage Frequency: 50~60Hz
Dimensions: 19" x 3 1/2" x 7" (occupies 2u)
Unit weight: 8.3 lbs.
Shipping weight: 11.5 lbs.