General Description
The evolution of the entertainment industry has necessitated the creation of an outboard mic/line device to compliment existing mixing consoles. Whether you're recording, mobile mixing, or broadcasting, there are occasional needs to expand your existing arrangement. Frustrations abounded when it came to adding mics for interviews, karaoke, and live performances because it was cost prohibitive. Now it's quite inexpensive to enhance your existing gear and expand the number of live mics for any gig. The MLM 42S is unique. These mic preamps give you the studio-grade quality you've asked for.
Applications are everywhere. The MLM 42S is designed to fit into a variety of situations where cost is an issue and Rane quality is a must:
- Live Sound
- Studio and Remote Radio & Television Broadcasting
- Professional Night Club
- Fixed Commercial Installations
- DJ Mixer Mic Expansion
- Karaoke
Each input includes all the features you need to produce a high caliber show.
- Input Level control
- 15 Volt Phantom Power
- Automatic line input recognition
- Overload indicator
- 3-band Accelerated-Slope, full-cut tone controls
- Four quality mic preamps, quiet to -126 dBu EIN
- Full-range Output mix Level control
- Post-mix Effects loop includes Wet/Dry pan control
- RCA unbalanced; XLR and TRS balanced parallel outputs
- Balanced outputs Mic or Line selectable
- Universal internal power supply (100-240 VAC)
See the Data Sheet link below for complete specifications.
Rear Panel
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Application Examples
Alternative Products
- The MS 1B is a small and simple mic-in to line-out box with a volume control.
- The MLM 103 is a 10 in / 3 out mixer with EQ on each input.
- The MLM 82S is a 4 mic in + 4 stereo line in mixer with stereo output.
- The SM 26S is a 6 in / 2 out line level mixer.
- The SM 82S is a 8 stereo in / 2 out mixer with stereo effects send and return.
- The RPM 44 has a 4 x 4 mixer and the RPM 88 has a 8 x 8 mixer. These Drag Net products have no front panel controls, assignable remotes, under software or standalone control, with all the signal processing you need.

