Cranborne Audio Camden 500 – Mic Preamp With MOJO Cranborne Audio

For moments when you want that gooey, vintage vibe on your recordings, we developed Mojo – our own custom analogue saturation circuit that adds the familiar tone of transformers, valves, and vintage equipment onto your Camden’s preamps for recording or mixing. Record through Mojo to add that vibe on the way into your DAW, or add the Mojo during the mix phase – Mojo adds tons of analogue saturation to all audio signals.

Thump

Thump excites low-end content by adding harmonics to the signal in the 20Hz – 100Hz range – resulting in fuller low-end on smaller speakers. As Thump is not EQ-based, the additional harmonic content is shaped by the source and it’s existing low-end frequency content resulting in a natural addition of extra “Thump”.

Cream

Cream introduces a vintage smoothness and edge that is similar to how valves and tubes impact the sound of a preamp. Cream drastically increases harmonics and dynamically smooths-out the low mids for increased HF emphasis. Like Thump, Cream is completely dynamic and will vary its effect based on the inputs level and source material.

Variable

Unlike transformer or valve preamps, Mojo is variable and can be dialled in to taste. Transformer and valves are integral parts of certain preamp designs and so cannot be removed from the signal path or altered for different effects. Mojo on the other hand can be dialed-in to taste or crucially, bypassed when you need a clean and pristine recording.

Vintage Vibe Without Compromise

Transformers and valves sound great, but they have a flavour that can’t be removed. The Phase Shift, Noise, and THD added by these designs give them their sound, but that sound sometimes isn’t always suited to a particular source. Camden gives you 3 discrete tonal flavours that allow it to excel on any source or instrument.

Technical Specifications 

Put simply, our Camden preamp is one of the cleanest, most linear, and transparent preamps on the market. Our custom preamp topology allows us to push the boundaries of Frequency response, phase shift, noise, and THD performance at all gain settings – and we have all the specifications to back that up.

EIN: <-129.5dBu, 150 ohm source, unweighted
<-135.5dBu, Inputs common, unweighted

THD+N: <0.0004%, 1kHz, 35dB gain, 24dBu out

Phase Shift: <2.25°, 40dB gain, 20Hz to 20kHz
<4°, Max gain, 20Hz to 20kHz

Freq. Response: <±1dB, <5 Hz to >200 kHz, all gain settings

CMRR: >70dB, typ >85dB, 35dB Gain, 10-20kHz, 100mV Common mode