The Langevin Dual Vocal Combo is a dual channel microphone preamplifier with 2 shelf equalizers plus 2 channels of electro-optical limiters. The unit is the result of suggestions from Manley's customers in the USA to combine two of their most popular Langevin products and make the price irresistible (half the price of the VOXBOX® combo in fact) for 2 channels of great sounding all discrete channel strips. This includes VU meters, individual phantom power, limiter linking and time proven circuitry. This is an ideal unit for musicians and engineers on a budget and is equally at home in a big league studio, mobile recording truck, or live situation. It has the reliability, functionality, and the sound without the any of the complexity - essential features without the "sea of knobs." Affordable. Easy to use.

The Mic Preamps are transformer coupled (hand wound by Manley Labs) with 50 dB of gain provided by pure discrete transistor circuits, same as found in the stand-alone Langevin Dual Micpre. 48 volt phantom power can be applied to each input XLR independently and the switches are a locking type to prevent accidents. New to this unit are the front panel 1/4" Direct Instrument inputs. A new discrete circuit by Manley's technician Paul Fargo gives these inputs an appropriate input impedance (500Kohms) providing about 40 dB of gain.

The Limiters are discrete transistor versions of the Manley ELOP (same as the Langevin stand-alone version) which is superb for vocals and a wide range of instruments from basses and guitars to synths and room mics.

When it comes to tracking and fast set-ups, the simplicity of the DVC is a real boon. Just set up the Threshold and Gain controls and this limiter will do the right thing without lots of tweaking. The Limiters have Threshold and (make-up) Gain controls, a Link switch for stereo and a pair of toggles that switch the VU meters to "Gain Reduction" or "Output Level". These are true stereo limiters without the usual problems of left/right matching common to other stereo opto based limiters.

The back panel has XLR mic inputs paralleled with 1/4" TRS jacks that feed the mic pre stage, and there are separate 1/4" TRS micpre outputs which "normal" into the 1/4" TRS limiter inputs so they may be permanently wired into a patchbay. Now there are "Direct Outputs" from the Mic Pre/EQ stage so one can indeed use the micpreamps and the Limiters as 4 separate sections. The main outputs are available as either transformerless balanced XLR or unbalanced 1/4" Tip-Sleeve jacks. The DVC is housed in a solidly built 14lb(6.35kg) 2U chassis. You can read several rave reviews for this unit on the (Langevin) DVC section of Manley's website.