Sage SE-Pre 1 Handbook
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SE-Pre1ª
microphone preamp
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Thank you for purchasing your SE-Pre1ª mic preamp(s).
It's always challenging to make the right decision when buying gear for one's
recording facility. We're glad to have this opportunity for you to own and use some
sage gear ~ and hope you will be too !
The SE-Pre1 is a unique and elegant mic pre.
It is the first critical link to achieving professional quality audio with your recording
system.
The SE-Pre1 was designed and built by sage ELECTRONICS founder and builder
~ Phillip Victor Bova. Here are some of his thoughts about them:
S o m u c h h a s c h a n g e d s o q u i c k l y i n t h e r e c o r d i n g w o r l d . . . t h e c h a n g e o v e r
f r o m 1 6 b i t t o t h e m u c h h i g h e r r e s o l u t i o n o f 2 4 b i t r e c o r d i n g h a s p e e l e d
b a c k y e t a n o t h e r l a y e r o f s o n i c f u z z i n e s s . T h i s h a s r e v e a l e d i n a d e q u a c i e s i n
t h e r e c o r d i n g c h a i n m a n y h a d n ' t n o t i c e d b e f o r e . Q u i t e r i g h t l y , t h e m i c p r e ,
s i t t i n g a t t h e f r o n t e n d o f t h e a n a l o g u e s i g n a l p a t h i s c o m i n g u n d e r
r e n e w e d s c r u t i n y . L e t s f a c e i t , i t ' s t h e ' g a t e k e e p e r ' f o r e v e r y m i c a n d D I
p a s s i n g t h r o u g h i t ! S o i t b e t t e r b e g o o d . '
I t h i n k o f t h e s o u n d o f s a g e p r e s a s b e i n g o n t h e ' c l e a n s i d e o f w a r m . ' T h e y
d o n o t e x h i b i t a s m u c h c o l o u r a t i o n a s s o m e o f t h e i r ' c l a s s i c ' c o u n t e r p a r t s .
T h e y h a v e a v e r y o p e n , a i r y , b u t n o t - e x a g g e r a t e d t o p e n d a n d a r e a l l y f a t ,
t i g h t b o t t o m e n d . T h e y m a k e e v e n c h e a p d y n a m i c m i c s s o u n d g r e a t . T h e y
s o u n d t h e s a m e a t a n y g a i n l e v e l . T h e y a r e n o t c l i p - a b l e b y a n y k n o w n m i c
i n p u t s i g n a l .
I d e s i g n e d t h e m a n d n o w m a n u f a c t u r e t h e m b e c a u s e a f t e r o p e r a t i n g s t u d i o s
f o r o v e r t w e n t y y e a r s ~ I w a s f r u s t r a t e d w i t h t h e h i g h m a i n t e n a n c e / c o s t
a s s o c i a t e d w i t h o w n i n g ' v i n t a g e ' g e a r . W h i l e I t r u l y l o v e d t h e w a y t h i s
' c l a s s i c ' e q u i p m e n t s o u n d e d w h e n i t w a s w o r k i n g p r o p e r l y , i t s e e m e d l i k e I
w a s s p e n d i n g m o r e t i m e f i x i n g i t t h a n r e c o r d i n g … a n d s o s a g e
E L E C T R O N I C S ® w a s f o r m e d t o p r o d u c e g e a r i n t h e s p i r i t o f c l a s s i c 1 9 6 0 s /
7 0 s e q u i p m e n t b u t w i t h b r a n d n e w h i g h q u a l i t y c o m p o n e n t s . . . g r e a t
s o u n d i n g s i n g l e m i n d e d g e a r w h i c h w i l l l a s t f o r m a n y y e a r s t o c o m e .
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S E - P r e 1 s a r e b u i l t t o l a s t a v e r y l o n g t i m e
~ w e a l w a y s s u g g e s t t h a t F o l k s p u t ’ e m i n t h e i r w i l l !
P l e a s e P l e a s e P l e a s e !
W e b e g o f y o u :
B e f o r e y o u c o n n e c t a n d o p e r a t e y o u r S E - P r e 1 a t l e a s t r e a d
t h i s o n e s e c t i o n o f t h i s v e r y s h o r t a n d s w e e t h a n d b o o k .
S E - P r e 1 s a r e v e r y s i m p l e t o s e t u p a n d u s e b u t e v e n w i t h
s i m p l e t h i n g s i t ’ s i m p o r t a n t t o b e a w a r e o f a f e w d o s a n d
d o n ’ t s .
W h e n y o u f i r s t u n p a c k t h e s e n e w t o y s ~ c a r e f u l l y
i n s p e c t t h e m t o m a k e s u r e U P S o r F E D E X h a v e n ‘ t d r o p p e d
‘ e m o f f t h e b a c k o f a s e m i a t 6 0 m i l e s / h o u r . T h e r e s h o u l d b e
n o d e n t s , s c u f f s o r l o o s e i t e m s r o l l i n g a r o u n d t h e i n s i d e o f t h e
u n i t ( s ) t h a t m i g h t i n d i c a t e f o u l p l a y …
Y o u r p a c k a g e s h o u l d i n c l u d e ;
¥ t h e n u m b e r o f S E - P r e 1 m i c r o p h o n e p r e a m p s o r d e r e d
¥ s a m e n u m b e r o f mic pre > power supply 4 p i n D I N c a b l e s
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T U R N E D O F F O R B E T T E R Y E T ~ T H A T I T I S U N P L U G G E D F R O M
T H E W A L L . B E C A U S E T H E 4 P I N D I N C A B L E S U P P L I E S 3
D I F F E R E N T V O L T A G E S T O T H E S E - P R E 1 S I T I S E S S E N T I A L T H A T
T H E S E P L U G S A R E C O N N E C T E D P R I O R T O P O W E R O N
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B e f o r e a n y t h i n g e l s e d e c i d e w h e r e t o s i t u a t e y o u r S E - P r e 1 ( s )
I f y o u h a v e p u r c h a s e d j u s t o n e o r t w o m o d u l e s y o u m a y d e c i d e t o k e e p
t h e m c l o s e t o y o u s u c h a s o n a d e s k t o p ~ e s p e c i a l l y i f y o u ’ r e u s i n g a
D A W s e t u p .
T w o o r m o r e u n i t s w i l l l i k e l y w o r k b e s t m o u n t e d i n a r a c k s p a c e ( 2 u n i t s
c a n b e m o u n t e d t o g e t h e r h o r i z o n t a l l y i n a 2 R U 1 9 ” r a c k s p a c e o r u p t o 8
u n i t s c a n b e m o u n t e d t o g e t h e r ~ u p r i g h t i n a 3 R U 1 9 ” s p a c e .
A f t e r s i t u a t i n g y o u r m i c p r e s y o u s h o u l d s e l e c t a l o c a t i o n f o r t h e p o w e r
s u p p l y . I t c a n e i t h e r b e m o u n t e d i n a r a c k o r p l a c e d o n t h e f l o o r n e a r b u t
n o t t o o c l o s e t o y o u r m i c p r e s .
A l t h o u g h S E - P r e 1 s a r e v e r y w e l l s h i e l d e d a g a i n s t i n t e r f e r e n c e i t i s
a l w a y s b e t t e r t o n o t t e m p t f a t e . K e e p m o d u l e s a s f a r a w a y a s p o s s i b l e
f r o m v i d e o m o n i t o r s , T V s , p o w e r s u p p l i e s , p o w e r a m p s a n d w a l l w a r t s .
A l l o f t h e a b o v e a r e c a p a b l e o f i n t r o d u c i n g o r g e n e r a t i n g s e r i o u s h u m a n d
r a d i o i n t e r f e r e n c e i n s e n s i t i v e g e a r .
A l l m i c r o p h o n e s a n d p r e a m p s h a v e t h e c h a l l e n g i n g t a s k o f a m p l i f y i n g t h e
i n c r e d i b l y f r a g i l e a n d w e a k s i g n a l s ( s o m e t i m e s o n l y a f e w t h o u s a n d t h s o f
a v o l t ) g e n e r a t e d b y m i c r o p h o n e s - b y a s m u c h a s 1 0 0 0 t i m e s t o b r i n g
t h e s i g n a l t o a h o t e n o u g h l e v e l t o p r o p e r l y f e e d i n t o y o u r r e c o r d i n g
d e v i c e .
W h a t e v e r i n s t a l l a t i o n o p t i o n y o u c h o o s e f o r t h e p o w e r s u p p l y m a k e s u r e
t h e r e i s a d e q u a t e v e n t i l a t i o n a r o u n d t h e u n i t . I f i t ’ s o n t h e f l o o r o r
c a r p e t m a k e s u r e i t ’ s n o t g o i n g t o e n d u p b e i n g c o v e r e d u p b y d u s t , c a t
h a i r b a l l s , d e a d p l a n t l e a v e s o r o t h e r u n d e s i r a b l e d e t r i t u s w h i c h m a y
b u i l d u p o v e r t i m e . H e a t b u i l d u p i s t h e e n e m y o f a l l e l e c t r o n i c g e a r .
D o n o t t h e r m a l l y h a s t e n t h e d e m i s e o f y o u r g e a r . I t n e e d s t o b r e a t h .
Please feel free to contact us at any time at;
54 Mulvagh Avenue, Ottawa, ON, Canada K2E 6M6
(613) 228-0449 phone and fax
sage@sageelectronics.com
www.sageelectronics.com
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of sage ELECTRONICS¨ррррррррррррррррð and is intended solely for use by the purchasers of the
equipment described in this handbook. sage ELECTRONICS¨ expressly prohibits
the duplication of any portion of this handbook or the use thereof for any purpose
other than the operation and / or maintenance of the equipment listed in this
handbook without their express written consent. Under copyright laws, this
handbook may not be duplicated in whole or in part without the written consent of
sage ELECTRONICS¨.
ррррррррррSE-Pre1, SE-PS2 and SE-PS8 are trademarks of ррррррррррррррррðð sage ELECTRONICS¨.
Serial numbers are located on the rear рррррand / or side of each unit. We suggest that
you record your serial number(ðsð) in the space(s) provided below. Refer to it / them
whenever you contact ррррррus ~ or an authorized ррррррррррррррррррррррррррррррррррррррррррðрrepair ррррррррservice.
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