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DTAR Solstice

Solstice is a high quality two channel preamp mixer that blends virtually any type of sound source. The low-noise hybrid circuitry and internally adjustable gain from 0 to 24db make it suitable for both live and studio use

DTAR Solstice Features:

• 4 inputs include XLR ins
• Channel outs
• Individual channel EQs

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DTAR Mama Bear

The long-awaited DTAR Mama Bears are here, and the verdict is in. I’ve finally had some time to play with the production version of the Mama Bear, and I like it. A lot. First, it’s important to get one thing straight–while the preamp is designed to model several classic guitars, this is not its greatest strength. Let me explain: The DTAR Mama Bear was built to be a “priceless guitar collection in a single box”. When you plug into it, you set the input choice (there are 16) to the guitar/pickup configuration that most closely matches yours. You then select what guitar you want it to sound like coming through the PA speakers. It’s that simple. All the greats are right there in the box–Martin D18 and 19th-century parlor, Taylor x14, Gibson L5 and J200, National Tricone, and many others. As you begin to fiddle with the options, sure enough, you start getting sounds out of your amp that are surprisingly similar to the aforementioned instruments. But while the modeling abilities built into this are fascinating, they’re frankly rather subtle, and almost always sound best in a blend with your source instrument.

Moreover, as a stage musician, what I find far more useful is the Mama Bear’s ability to tame that pickup-y sound. If you’ve tried lots of different pickups in your guitar(s), you know what I’m talking about. Even the best pickup still sounds like, well, a pickup. But when I plug a guitar with an undersaddle pickup into the “piezo” channel on the Mama Bear, and set it to the “boutique fingerstyle” output setting (modeled after a Traugott), what comes out is something that sounds a lot more like an acoustic guitar than what went in. Most guitar players who plug in onstage are just trying to make their guitars sound more acoustic. While the Mama Bear isn’t a panacea, it is uncommonly good at doing just that: simply making guitars sound more acoustic. And all of our early customer reports agree. I highly recommend this preamp.

DTAR Mama Bear Features:

• Multiple input choices to match whatever guitar you’re plugging in.
• Multiple output choices corresponding to over a dozen instrument styles.
• Blend and bypass options to mix modeled tone with raw guitar tone.
• World-class DTAR electronics.

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