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Chameleon Labs 7602 MKII Mic Pre / EQ

Neve 1073 style Mic Pre/EQ Combo, but made for everyone's budget!

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Chameleon Labs 7602 MKII Mic Pre and EQ

Chameleon LAbs breaks down the features of their 7602 MKII Mic Pre and EQ

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volume cleanup electric guitar bridge pickup

Also in this recording Bad Cat Lynx Amplifier Head Bad Cat 4x12 Speaker Cabinet Blk Os Peluso 2247 LE Switchable Pattern Tube Microphone AEA R84 Ribbon Microphone A Designs Pacifica Stereo Preamp Heil PR-40 Microphone Millennia TD-1 Pre EQ DI

Tyler Ultimate Weapon electric guitar(bridge pickup) played into Bad Cat Lynx Head(channel 1, volume knob cleanup, gain 3pmm edge 3pm, tone 9am, ,mid 12pm, treble 12pm, mid boost open, presence 12pm, bass 12pm) into Bad Cat 4x12 Cabinet mic'd with Peluso 2247 LE(6 feet off, panned 30% right) into Chameleon Labs 7602 MKII Preamp & AEA R84(1 foot off, panned center) into A Designs Pacifica preamp & Heil PR-40(close, panned 30% left) into Millennia TD-1 feeding Apogee Rosetta 800.

walking up & down electric guitar neck pickup

Tyler Ultimate Weapon electric guitar(neck pickup) played into Bad Cat Lynx Head(channel 1, volume 9am, gain 11am edge 3pm, tone 9am, ,mid 12pm, treble 12pm, mid boost open, presence 12pm, bass 2pm) into Bad Cat 4x12 Cabinet mic'd with Peluso 2247 LE(6 feet off, panned 30% right) into Chameleon Labs 7602 MKII Preamp & AEA R84(1 foot off, panned center) into A Designs Pacifica preamp & Heil PR-40(close, panned 30% left) into Millennia TD-1 feeding Apogee Rosetta 800.

walking loud electric guitar bridge pickup

Tyler Ultimate Weapon electric guitar(neck pickup) played into Bad Cat Lynx Head(channel 1, volume pm, gain 11am edge 3pm, tone 9am, ,mid 12pm, treble 12pm, mid boost open, presence 12pm, bass 2pm) into Bad Cat 4x12 Cabinet mic'd with Peluso 2247 LE(6 feet off, panned 30% right) into Chameleon Labs 7602 MKII Preamp & AEA R84(1 foot off, panned center) into A Designs Pacifica preamp & Heil PR-40(close, panned 30% left) into Millennia TD-1 feeding Apogee Rosetta 800.

speed demon electric guitar bridge pickup

Tyler Ultimate Weapon electric guitar(bridge pickup) played into Bad Cat Lynx Head(channel 1, volume open, gain 3pmm edge 3pm, tone 9am, ,mid 12pm, treble 12pm, mid boost open, presence 12pm, bass 12pm) into Bad Cat 4x12 Cabinet mic'd with Peluso 2247 LE(6 feet off, panned 30% right) into Chameleon Labs 7602 MKII Preamp & AEA R84(1 foot off, panned center) into A Designs Pacifica preamp & Heil PR-40(close, panned 30% left) into Millennia TD-1 feeding Apogee Rosetta 800.

scream demon electric guitar bridge pickup

Tyler Ultimate Weapon electric guitar(bridge pickup) played into Bad Cat Lynx Head(channel 1, volume knob cleanup, gain 3pmm edge 3pm, tone 9am, ,mid 12pm, treble 3pm, mid boost open, presence 3pm, bass 12pm) into Bad Cat 4x12 Cabinet mic'd with Peluso 2247 LE(6 feet off, panned 30% right) into Chameleon Labs 7602 MKII Preamp & AEA R84(1 foot off, panned center) into A Designs Pacifica preamp & Heil PR-40(close, panned 30% left) into Millennia TD-1 feeding Apogee Rosetta 800.

walking electric guitar bridge pickup

Tyler Ultimate Weapon electric guitar(bridge pickup) played into Bad Cat Lynx Head(channel 1, volume 12am, gain 11am edge 3pm, tone 9am, ,mid 12pm, treble 3pm, mid boost off, presence 3pm) into Bad Cat 4x12 Cabinet mic'd with Peluso 2247 LE(6 feet off, panned 30% right) into Chameleon Labs 7602 MKII Preamp & AEA R84(1 foot off, panned center) into A Designs Pacifica preamp & Heil PR-40(close, panned 30% left) into Millennia TD-1 feeding Apogee Rosetta 800.

speeding demon electric guitar bridge pickup

cranky loud electric guitar bridge pickup

Tyler Ultimate Weapon electric guitar(bridge pickup) played into Bad Cat Lynx Head(channel 2, volume 12am, gain 11am edge 3pm, tone 9am, ,mid 12pm, treble 3pm, mid boost off, presence 3pm) into Bad Cat 4x12 Cabinet mic'd with Peluso 2247 LE(6 feet off, panned 30% right) into Chameleon Labs 7602 MKII Preamp & AEA R84(1 foot off, panned center) into A Designs Pacifica preamp & Heil PR-40(close, panned 30% left) into Millennia TD-1 feeding Apogee Rosetta 800.

speed demon electric guitar neck pickup

Tyler Ultimate Weapon electric guitar(neck pickup) played into Bad Cat Lynx Head(channel 1, volume knob cleanup, gain 3pmm edge 3pm, tone 9am, ,mid 12pm, treble 3pm, mid boost open, presence 3pm, bass 12pm) into Bad Cat 4x12 Cabinet mic'd with Peluso 2247 LE(6 feet off, panned 30% right) into Chameleon Labs 7602 MKII Preamp & AEA R84(1 foot off, panned center) into A Designs Pacifica preamp & Heil PR-40(close, panned 30% left) into Millennia TD-1 feeding Apogee Rosetta 800.

walking up & down electric guitar bridge pickup

Tyler Ultimate Weapon electric guitar(bridge pickup) played into Bad Cat Lynx Head(channel 1, volume 9am, gain 11am edge 3pm, tone 9am, ,mid 12pm, treble 12pm, mid boost open, presence 12pm, bass 2pm) into Bad Cat 4x12 Cabinet mic'd with Peluso 2247 LE(6 feet off, panned 30% right) into Chameleon Labs 7602 MKII Preamp & AEA R84(1 foot off, panned center) into A Designs Pacifica preamp & Heil PR-40(close, panned 30% left) into Millennia TD-1 feeding Apogee Rosetta 800.

cranky loud electric guitar neck pickup

Tyler Ultimate Weapon electric guitar(neck pickup) played into Bad Cat Lynx Head(channel 1, volume 12am, gain 11am edge 3pm, tone 9am, ,mid 12pm, treble 3pm, mid boost off, presence 3pm) into Bad Cat 4x12 Cabinet mic'd with Peluso 2247 LE(6 feet off, panned 30% right) into Chameleon Labs 7602 MKII Preamp & AEA R84(1 foot off, panned center) into A Designs Pacifica preamp & Heil PR-40(close, panned 30% left) into Millennia TD-1 feeding Apogee Rosetta 800.

clean Arpeggiated electric guitar neck pickup

Also in this recording Bad Cat Black Cat Guitar Amplifier Head Bad Cat 4x12 Speaker Cabinet Blk Os Heil PR-40 Microphone Millennia TD-1 Pre EQ DI Peluso R14 Ribbon Microphone AEA R84 Ribbon Microphone A Designs Pacifica Stereo Preamp

James Tyler Studio Elite Retro electric guitar (neck pickup clean) played into Bad Cat Black Cat Head(triode channel, Volume 9am, Treble 12 oclock, Bass 12 oclock) into Bad Cat 4x12 Cabinet mic'd with Heil PR-40(close, panned center) into Millennia TD-1 preamp & Peluso 2247 LE(6 feet off, panned left) into Chameleon Labs 7602 MKII Preamp & AEA R84(1 foot off, panned right) into A Designs Pacifica preamp feeding Apogee Rosetta 800.

blues licking guitar neck pickup

James Tyler Studio Elite Retro electric guitar (neck pickup) played into Bad Cat Black Cat Head(triode channel, Volume 3pm, Treble 12 oclock, Bass 10am) into Bad Cat 4x12 Cabinet mic'd with Heil PR-40(close, panned center) into Millennia TD-1 preamp & Peluso 2247 LE(6 feet off, panned left) into Chameleon Labs 7602 MKII Preamp & AEA R84(1 foot off, panned right) into A Designs Pacifica preamp feeding Apogee Rosetta 800.

ladyland electric guitar bridge pickup

James Tyler Studio Elite Retro electric guitar (bridge pickup) played into Bad Cat Black Cat Head(triode channel, Volume max, Treble 2pm, Bass 10am) into Bad Cat 4x12 Cabinet mic'd with Heil PR-40(close, panned center) into Millennia TD-1 preamp & Peluso 2247 LE(6 feet off, panned left) into Chameleon Labs 7602 MKII Preamp & AEA R84(1 foot off, panned right) into A Designs Pacifica preamp feeding Apogee Rosetta 800.

loud with an A electric guitar bridge pickup

James Tyler Studio Elite Retro electric guitar (bridge pickup) played into Bad Cat Black Cat Head(pentode channel, Volume 3pm, tone position 5, cut 9 am) into Bad Cat 4x12 Cabinet mic'd with Heil PR-40(close, panned center) into Millennia TD-1 preamp & Peluso 2247 LE(6 feet off, panned left) into Chameleon Labs 7602 MKII Preamp & AEA R84(1 foot off, panned right) into A Designs Pacifica preamp feeding Apogee Rosetta 800.

scaley electric guitar neck & bridge pickup

James Tyler Studio Elite Retro electric guitar (bridge pickup) played into Bad Cat Black Cat Head(triode channel, Volume noon, Treble 12 oclock, Bass 10am) into Bad Cat 4x12 Cabinet mic'd with Heil PR-40(close, panned center) into Millennia TD-1 preamp & Peluso 2247 LE(6 feet off, panned left) into Chameleon Labs 7602 MKII Preamp & AEA R84(1 foot off, panned right) into A Designs Pacifica preamp feeding Apogee Rosetta 800.

loud & crunchy electric guitar bridge pickup

James Tyler Studio Elite Retro electric guitar (bridge pickup) played into Bad Cat Black Cat Head(pentode channel, Volume open, tone position 4, cut open) into Bad Cat 4x12 Cabinet mic'd with Heil PR-40(close, panned center) into Millennia TD-1 preamp & Peluso 2247 LE(6 feet off, panned left) into Chameleon Labs 7602 MKII Preamp & AEA R84(1 foot off, panned right) into A Designs Pacifica preamp feeding Apogee Rosetta 800.

hot n' loud electric guitar neck pickup

James Tyler Studio Elite Retro electric guitar (neck pickup) played into Bad Cat Black Cat Head(triode channel, Volume max, Treble 2pm, Bass 10am) into Bad Cat 4x12 Cabinet mic'd with Heil PR-40(close, panned center) into Millennia TD-1 preamp & Peluso 2247 LE(6 feet off, panned left) into Chameleon Labs 7602 MKII Preamp & AEA R84(1 foot off, panned right) into A Designs Pacifica preamp feeding Apogee Rosetta 800.

loud and swell electric guitar bridge pickup

James Tyler Studio Elite Retro electric guitar (bridge pickup) played into Bad Cat Black Cat Head(pentode channel, Volume 3pm, tone position 5, cut 12 0'clock) into Bad Cat 4x12 Cabinet mic'd with Heil PR-40(close, panned center) into Millennia TD-1 preamp & Peluso 2247 LE(6 feet off, panned left) into Chameleon Labs 7602 MKII Preamp & AEA R84(1 foot off, panned right) into A Designs Pacifica preamp feeding Apogee Rosetta 800.

swelling electric guitar bridge pickup

James Tyler Studio Elite Retro electric guitar (bridge pickup) played into Bad Cat Black Cat Head(pentode channel, Volume 11am, tone position 1, cut 12 o'clock) into Bad Cat 4x12 Cabinet mic'd with Heil PR-40(close, panned center) into Millennia TD-1 preamp & Peluso 2247 LE(6 feet off, panned left) into Chameleon Labs 7602 MKII Preamp & AEA R84(1 foot off, panned right) into A Designs Pacifica preamp feeding Apogee Rosetta 800.

bright bluesy electric guitar neck pickup

hot n' short electric guitar bridge pickup

loud Arpeggiated electric guitar neck pickup

hot n' fast electric guitar neck & bridge pickup

James Tyler Studio Elite Retro electric guitar (bridge/middle pickup) played into Bad Cat Black Cat Head(triode channel, Volume 3pm, Treble 12 oclock, Bass 10am) into Bad Cat 4x12 Cabinet mic'd with Heil PR-40(close, panned center) into Millennia TD-1 preamp & Peluso 2247 LE(6 feet off, panned left) into Chameleon Labs 7602 MKII Preamp & AEA R84(1 foot off, panned right) into A Designs Pacifica preamp feeding Apogee Rosetta 800.

hot leading electric guitar bridge pickup

James Tyler Studio Elite Retro electric guitar (bridge pickup) played into Bad Cat Black Cat Head(triode channel, Volume 3pm, Treble 12 oclock, Bass 10am) into Bad Cat 4x12 Cabinet mic'd with Heil PR-40(close, panned center) into Millennia TD-1 preamp & Peluso 2247 LE(6 feet off, panned left) into Chameleon Labs 7602 MKII Preamp & AEA R84(1 foot off, panned right) into A Designs Pacifica preamp feeding Apogee Rosetta 800.

country with a g electric guitar neck pickup

James Tyler Studio Elite Retro electric guitar (neck pickup) played into Bad Cat Black Cat Head(pentode channel, Volume 9am, tone position 1, cut 12 o'clock) into Bad Cat 4x12 Cabinet mic'd with Heil PR-40(close, panned center) into Millennia TD-1 preamp & Peluso 2247 LE(6 feet off, panned left) into Chameleon Labs 7602 MKII Preamp & AEA R84(1 foot off, panned right) into A Designs Pacifica preamp feeding Apogee Rosetta 800.

arpeggiated booster electric guitar bridge pickup

Also in this recording Sennheiser MD 421 II Cardioid Dynamic Microphone Millennia TD-1 Pre EQ DI Peluso 2247 LE Switchable Pattern Tube Microphone AEA R84 Ribbon Microphone A Designs Pacifica Stereo Preamp

McNaught Vintage Single Cut electric guitar (neck pickup, boost gain to noon) played into Bad Cat Alley Cat Combo mic'd with Sennheiser MD 421 II(close, panned center) into Millennia TD-1 preamp & Peluso 2247 LE(5 feet off, panned right) into Chameleon Labs 7602 MKII Preamp & AEA R84(1 feet off, panned left) into A Designs Pacifica Preamp feeding Apogee Rosetta 800.

gaining electric guitar bridge pickup

McNaught Vintage Single Cut electric guitar (bridge pickup, gain 10) played into Bad Cat Alley Cat Combo mic'd with Sennheiser MD 421 II(close, panned center) into Millennia TD-1 preamp & Peluso 2247 LE(5 feet off, panned right) into Chameleon Labs 7602 MKII Preamp & AEA R84(1 feet off, panned left) into A Designs Pacifica Preamp feeding Apogee Rosetta 800.

rev gaining electric guitar bridge pickup

McNaught Vintage Single Cut electric guitar (bridge pickup, clean to boosted gain at 3pm) played into Bad Cat Alley Cat Combo mic'd with Sennheiser MD 421 II(close, panned center) into Millennia TD-1 preamp & Peluso 2247 LE(5 feet off, panned right) into Chameleon Labs 7602 MKII Preamp & AEA R84(1 feet off, panned left) into A Designs Pacifica Preamp feeding Apogee Rosetta 800.

jammin electric guitar bridge pickup

From Chameleon Labs

The 7602 Mic Pre & EQ input channel was our first product in 2005 that started it all. The 7602 MKII is designed to deliver the "desert island preamp" sound you expect from English console inputs of the 70's along with 3 band EQ. We incorporated a few, important functions like switchable input impedance to optimize the unit for ribbons/dynamics vs. condensers, a 4 LED input meter, a nice 4 frequency HP filter at 50, 80, 160 and 300 Hz to get rid of the low end junk clogging up your digital recordings and an adjustable high frequency section.

The 7602 MKII makes use of a high end 20 position solid gold gain switch manufactured and imported from Switzerland. This switch is designed for long term use and is typically found in very high end US or Euro units costing a lot more. For the DI input, where there is a lot of rough plugging and unplugging of a ¼ inch jack, we chose a US made Switchcraft DI input jack to greatly improve reliability over jacks that look the same but don't last. Expensive old school US made tantalum capacitors are now incorporated on the main output board because they sound significantly better in this design than our previously used electrolytic capacitors. That's how the original console input was made and we can hear why! We use only outboard power supplies for lowest noise.

Equalizer Section (Selectable 3 band design with a flexible filter section)

Filter - This is a high pass filter with 3db loss at 300Hz, 160Hz, 80Hz, and 50Hz with an 18db cut per octave slope.

Low Equalization - This section has a shelving slope with four frequency selections: 220Hz, 110Hz, 60Hz, and 35Hz. This equalizer affects the selected frequency and all others below it. The gain control provides 20db of boost or cut.

Mid Equalization - This section has a peaking characteristic with six frequency selections: 360Hz, 700Hz, 1.6k, 3.2k, 4.8k, and 7.2k. The gain control provides 20db of boost or cut.

High Equalization - This section has a shelving characteristic with five frequency selections: 16k, 12k, 7k, 4.9k and 3.4k. This section adjusts the selected frequency and all others above it. The gain control provides 20db of boost or cut.

Model 7602 MKII Features

Fully balanced transformer mic and line inputs
Balanced XLR output
Hi-Z direct input for instruments on the front panel
LED input metering *NEW
Selectable mic impedance switch (300 or 1200 Ohms) *NEW
48VDC phantom power switch
180 degree phase reversal switch
20 position gold contact ELMA rotary gain switch for both Mic and Line sections
Output level control functions as a fader when going straight to tape
One-year warranty

Electronics

By employing classic circuit design, polystyrene capacitors, a gold contact ELMA gain selector and custom wound transformers, Chameleon Labs ensures that the Model 7602 MKII will exhibit classic audio sound.

The Model 7602 MKII has a transformer balanced input with a range between 20dB and 80 dB of gain. The separate line input is transformer balanced and accepts input levels from -20 to +10dB.

Input impedance: Microphone – 300 & 1,200 ohms

Line – 10,000 ohms

D.I. – 100,000 ohms

Sensitivity: Microphone – -80dBm to -20 dBm in 5dB steps for 0 dBm output.

Line – -20 dBm to +10 dBm in 5 dB steps for 0 dBm output.

Noise: Measured at 80 db of gain with 200 ohm input termination, without 20Hz to 20kHz to assist in filtering out noise.

49dbu with final output stage at 50% EIN -129 dbu;

46dbu with final output stage at unity EIN -126 dbu;

56dbu without final output stage EIN -136 dbu.

Controls either “flat” or switched out.

Output: Balanced and floating to feed a 600 ohm load.

Maximum output +26 dBm into 600 ohms, or +20dBm into 150 ohms.

Output impedance: 600 ohms, balanced (source impedance 75 ohms).
Frequency Response: 11 Hz – 77.65 kHz – 3 dB.

Level variation is less than 0.2%.

Distortion: 1k Hz = 0.0245%

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