The 1969 Mercenary Edition, derived from a collaboration between two of the audio industry's most established names, Drawmer (UK) and Mercenary Audio (USA), Fletcher - Producer/Engineer, Mercenary Audio incorporates new tube circuits designed to add warmth to mic/line signals, and the instrument (DI) pre-amp has its own tube stage enabling classic overdrive effects when inserting guitar, bass and other instruments.

Retaining the concept of twin mic pre-amps, the 1969 uses Burr-Brown'op amps for a silkier sound - and a phase reverse switch available in instrument, mic and line modes increases versatility. The 1969 employs true stereo link operation with channel one's threshold, attack and release controls becoming master to both channels. Stereo link also offers a BIG position which retains bass frequencies by rolling off the detection signal at 100 Hz minimizing undesirable pumping during compression. Output gain make-up can be independently controlled on each channel.

Drawmer 1969 Mercenary Edition Mic Pre Amp/Tube Compressor Features:

2 mic/line pre-amps with variable gain, 48V phantom power, filters and phase reverse
Instrument tube pre-amp with variable gain, EQ, phase reverse and brightness boost
2 soft-knee tube compressors with variable threshold, attack, release and output gain
True stereo link operation with BIGposition for retaining bass frequencies
Side chain access and side chain listen facility
VU metering of gain reduction and output levels
Individual +4dB/-10dB inserts Balanced +4dB XLR input/output connectors

Drawmer 1969 Mercenary Edition Mic Pre Amp/Tube Compressor Specifications:

All measurements taken at +4dBu operating level)
INPUT IMPEDANCES: LINE 20K Ohms, MIC 150 Ohms to 600 Ohms< AUX 2.2M Ohms
MAXIMUM INPUT LEVEL: +20dBu
OUTPUT IMPEDANCE : 50 Ohms
MAXIMUM OUTPUT LEVEL: +22dB (balanced)
BANDWIDTH: <10Hz to 22KHz -1Db
UNITY GAIN NOISE: BYPASS -95Db; LINE -85Db; MIC (E.I.N.) -134.5dB shorted, -130.5dB @ 150 Ohms, -129.8dB @ 200 Ohms
DISTORTION @ 1Khz: Line Input with BYPASS selected,< 0.1%_Line Input with NORMAL selected,< 0.35%
POWER REQUIREMENTS: 100-120Volt or 195-250Volt at 50-60Hz, 38 Watts, FUSE RATING 250mA for 240Volt, 500mA for 120Volt, CONFORMING TO BS EN 60127-2:1991 SHEET III
FUSE TYPE: 20mm x 5mm, Class 3 Slo-Blo, 250Volt working
CASE SIZE: 482mm (w) x 88mm (h) x 250mm (d)
WEIGHT: (incl packaging) 6.0 Kgs
RELEASE TIMES: 100 ms, 500ms, 1 sec, 200 ms to 2 sec semi-automatic/signal dependant, 5 500 ms to 5 sec semi-automatic/signal dependant, Automatic 1 sec to 10 sec signal dependant