Fredenstein Bento 8 Pro

The Fredenstein Bento 8 Pro is the big brother of the Bento 8 with 8x Slots and routing switches on the rear. It is equipped with a Monitoring Function, VU Meters and a Headphone Amplifier. You select one Module Slot for each of the left and right monitoring channels and adjust the volume of the mix. In this way, the signal can be tapped directly and the Effects Chain can be monitored in particularly small steps.

As with the Bento 8, the Link Switch allows you to route audio directly from one slot to the adjacent slot. The Comp Bus Switch, in turn, allows 2x adjacent Compressors of the same type to be connected to a Stereo Bus. To do this, Pin 6 on the Compressor Module Board must be assigned.

The Bento 8 Pro features a specialy designed power supply, which delivers up to 500mA current per Module and consists of a Toroidal Transformer, analogue voltage regulators and capacitors from Nichicon. Even more sensitive or particularly power-consuming Modules are thus optimally supplied. Furthermore, the Power Supply is magnetically shielded from all audio paths, so that no interference is to be expected.

In case of a ground loop, a Ground Lift Switch is provided. This will disconnect the audio ground from the protective earth conductor, so this option should only be used if all others are exhausted (for your own safety, always ensure that at least one end of the ground line is connected to a protective earth).