D-TAR Mama Bear

248 Rock Hill Drive, P.O. Box 760
Rock Hill, NY 12775
Phone/Fax 845-796-3616

D-TAR Mama Bear
Digital Acoustic Guitar Preamp Featuring AGE Technology

D-TAR Mama Bear

$349.95
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in Continental U.S.
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For years, acoustic guitars have relied on pickups for amplification. One problem: Even the best acoustic guitars deliver an oversimplification of true acoustic tone complexity when amplified. Using something called AGE™ technology, Mama Bear takes your guitar into the digital realm, neutralizes the pickup, and then restores the natural body resonance. The result: now the finest acoustic guitars can sound like, well… themselves. Only louder.
Feature	Benefit
16 Position Input Source Selector.	Provides 16 different digital filter choices to neutralize the sound of your pickup so the AGE™ technology can go to work.
16 Position Target Instrument Switch.	AGE™ technology provides 16 amazing guitar sounds emulated from 16 amazing guitars, from parlors to super jumbos. Allows you to dial up the guitar that matches your guitar's body shape, or emulate other shapes.
"Input gain control with red Overload LED."	Avoids overload distortion and allows minimization of noise when different pickups are used.
Bypass switch with LED indicator when in bypass mode.	Hard-wire bypass to allow comparison of processed versus unprocessed sounds. LED alerts user when in bypass mode.
Output level control.	Gain match to next stage for best S/N performance.
Balanced XLR output.	For studio use with balanced-input mixing boards.
Hi-Z input stage.	Works with Piezo pickups, great stand-alone preamp.
Chassis compatible with Equinox and Solstice.	Micro-rack system or two units in full rack mount.
+/- 12 volt supply for analog stages.	Outstanding headroom performance.
Wet/Dry Blend Control.	Allows "In Between" amounts of processing.
Ground lift switch.	For studio use with balanced-input mixing boards.
Phase switch.	Allows reduction of feedback
Mute switch.	For quiet guitar tuning or elimination of live connection noises.

Technical Specifications

Analog Characteristics

• Nominal Input Level - -10dBu

• Input Impedance – 4.7M Ohm

• Gain, input to output – 15.5dB, bypassed

• Maximum signal level before input stage clipping – 2.0Vrms

• Nominal Output Level*
- Single ended - 0dBu
- XLR Balanced - -20dBu

• Maximum Output Level before clipping**
- Single ended – 7.2Vrms, bypassed; 3.5Vrms through processor
- Balanced XLR – 1Vrms, bypassed; 0.5Vrms through processor

• Noise, 20 Hz to 20 KHz, bypass mode, referenced to input:
- -109 dBv, input shorted
- -97.5 dBv, input open

Digital Characteristics

• Microprocessor – 32 bit, 100MHz, floating point, 600MFLOPS

• Sample Rate – 44.1KHz

• Latency – 3ms

• A/D Conversion
- 24 bit
- 64x oversampling
- S/(N+D): 94dB
- Dynamic Range, S/N: 108dB

• D/A Conversion
- 24 bit
- 128x oversampling
- 24 bit 8 times digital filter
- Ripple: +/-0.005dB, Attenuation: 75dB
- S/(N+D): 94dB
- Differential outputs
- Dynamic Range: 110dB, A weighted

Power Supply

• Power Supply – External wall mounted transformer 16 VAC/560mA

• Current Draw – 200mA @ power jack

* Nominal levels measured using pink noise generator set to 250mV rms. Input level control set to produce flickering of overload indicator; output level control set to maximum.
**Maximum output levels in bypass mode measured using 1KHz sine wave. Maximum output levels through processor measured using sine waves of various frequencies from 800Hz to 1.2KHz.

Dimensions

• Size
- Width: 8.5” / 216mm
- Depth: 6.25” / 159mm
- Height: 2.72” / 69mm

• Weight
- Unit Weight: 2.7 lbs. / 1.2 kg
- Shipping Weight: 4.5 lbs. / 2.1 kg.

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D-TAR Mama Bear

$349.95
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in Continental U.S.
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Specifications are subject to change without notice.

Questions? Call or e-mail steve@stevesmusiccenter.com. Prices quoted are subject to change. Quantities may be limited on some items. If you plan to order more than one of this item, please contact us before ordering to verify availability. Click HERE for Return Policy.

D-TAR Mama Bear on Video

Watch and listen as John Jorgenson (Elton John Band, Bonnie Raitt, Hellecasters, John Jorgenson Quintet) explains the features, functions, and benefits of Mama Bear – and then puts her through the paces. Choose high or low compression, but please make sure you’re listening through good speakers to hear all the nuances of Mama Bear’s AGE™ (“Acoustic Guitar Emulation”) technology. Also, you’ll need the latest version of QuickTime to view the videos. Click here for QuickTime. It’s free.

Recording note: Mama Bear was recorded direct into the video camera. There were no studio overdubs, punch-ins, or effects added to the guitar tone. What you hear is what the camera recorded. Mama Bear’s “Wet / Dry” mix was set to 100%-Wet to hear the full effect of the AGE technology.

Mama Bear Features – In this video, John takes you through the front panel controls and introduces the AGE technology.

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Popular Guitar Emulations – Watch John and Mama Bear conjure up dreadnoughts, orchestra models, parlor guitars, jumbos and more.

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Gypsy Jazz and Archtop Emulations – John loves to play gypsy jazz guitar. But even he was blown away by what Mama Bear can do with a simple flat-top acoustic.

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Resonator Emulations – Your eyes won’t believe your ears. But it’s true.

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12-String Through Mama Bear – John shows that Mama Bear works just as well on 12-string guitars.

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