Heritage Audio MCM8

Product Description

Standing for Music Compact Mixer 8, the Heritage Audio MCM-8 is an 8-slot 500 Series enclosure with 10 channel mixing capabilities and it's the Top of the Line of the new Heritage Audio "ON SLOT" Technology (OTS) 500 Series enclosures.

"ON SLOT TECHNOLOGY" takes advantage of latest generation electronics to handle supplying power on a "per slot" basis. Each slot has its own power supply linear regulation stages; therefore modules are isolated from the rest. They just share the metal enclosure. Each slot features test LEDs for checking correct power operation (red for +16 V, green for -16 V), located beside the slot connector.

Thanks to the use of OST, the power capability of the MCM-8 is 400 mA per rail per slot maximum, with an overall of 1.4 A (1.6 A non-continuous) per rail, whichever is reached first. Phantom power available is 140 mA total.

The RAF Blue Gray enclosure is made out of heavy gauge steel with an aluminum front panel.

There are Pan and Fader controls per slot on dual concentric potentiometers. Pan pots are center detent for precise center positioning. Features include an ON switch to assign each channel to the Mix Bus.

The Mix Bus follows a passive, voltage summing topology, similar to that found in the 80 Series consoles of the 70s. The gain loss is restored by the same Class A, 2n3055 driven, transformer based output stage used in the Heritage Audio 1073.

An additional Stereo Input is provided on the back of the unit, allowing several MCM-8 units to be daisy chained, or signals not needing further 500 series processing to be mixed together. The central section has analog VU meters and a Stereo Master fader. Connections are made by means of both gold plated XLRs and DSUB 25 Input and Outputs, with standard Tascam protocol.

MIXER SECTION SPECIFICATIONS:

• Channel Input Impedance: 20 kOhms
• Maximum level input: +22 dBu
• Maximum output level: Greater than +26 dBu into 600 Ohms
• Frequency response: ±0.5 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz
• THD+N: Not more than 0.07% from 50 Hz to 10 kHz at +20 dBu output (80 kHz bandwidth) into 600 Ohms

500 SERIES POWER SPECIFICATIONS:

• On Slot Technology
• Maximum audio rails current: 1.6A per rail, or 400 mA per rail per slot, whatever is reached first
• Maximum phantom power current: 140 mA
• Operating voltage: 100 - 240 VAC