Comprised of a rugged, portable chassis with world class Portico pre-amp, compressor and DI circuits as well as two channel operation, variphase, silk and DI/mic blending capabilities, the Portico 5017 is an innovative and powerful tool for recording or live performance. In replacing the Portico 5016 Mic Pre / Variphase DI, the 5017 Mobile DPC adds single knob compression, DI / Mic Pre blending, and a go anywhere design to a well established classic.

Key features:

• Two Channel Operation: With two transformer coupled outputs, the 5017 has separate line outputs for the DI/Blend and Mic signals when the blend control is set to fully DI. The mic output is always independent
• Silk button reduces negative feedback and adjusts the frequency spectrum to provide a very sweet and musical performance
• Mic Gain from 0dB to 66dB. Overall gain to restore the apparent program level
• DI Gain from 0dB to 30dB
• DI input featuring balanced or unbalanced Hi-Z input for instruments
• High pass filter: signals below 80hz can be attenuated at a rate of 12db / octave, getting rid of building rumble, air handling motor hum etc.
• Phantom power
• Phase invert
• Threshold: When signals exceed the "threshold" level, the gain is reduced at a controlled 2:1 ratio, with attack and release time constants set to standard or fast depending on the internal jumper setting
• Indicators denote signal presence and clipping on both DI and mic signals, as well as compressor activation
• Internal jumpers: Two internal jumpers can be set to change the compressor from the mic channel to the di / blend channel, and to change the compressor time constant from standard to fast

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