AVID HDX & AVID HD I/O 8x8x8
Pro Tools | HDX is the new generation of Pro Tools | HD system, providing more power, higher audio quality, and easier ways to record, edit, and mix the most demanding productions. Get more tracks, more headroom, and up to 5x more dedicated DSP power to tackle even the most massive music and post-production projects with the confidence that comes with guaranteed performance.
Reference
http://www.avid.com/US/products/HD-IO/features
http://www.avid.com/US/products/pro-tools-hdx
NEVE 8816 Summing Mixer
The sound of Neve has been the audio recording benchmark for generations of leading engineers, musicians and producers. Wherever sound matters – from a full orchestral recording for a blockbuster film to a lone singer, from a rock drummer to an R’n’B vocal – Neve provides the warmth, punch and definition so sought after by virtually anyone who has touched a fader. With the new 8816 Summing Mixer, the legendary sound of Neve now becomes available to computer-based producers.
Reference
http://ams-neve.com/products/outboard/8816-summing-mixer
TL Audio -5013 DUAL-CHANNEL TUBE PARAMETRIC EQ
This unit without doubt possesses the finest combination of performance and affordability of any equaliser that we have yet produced. There is simply no equaliser in this price bracket to touch it: and now the 5013 features a peaking/shelving option on both LF and HF bands plus a `Fat?contour switch on both channels. Like all TL Audio equipment, the interfacing options couldn’t be more flexible – separate input and output level controls allow easy level matching with any other equipment, and a choice of balanced and unbalanced line inputs/outputs plus instrument DI inputs means you can get yourself up and running in seconds.
Reference
http://www.tlaudio.co.uk/docs/products/5013.shtml
RME OCTAMIC II 8-CHANNEL PRE AMP
The OctaMic II provides 8-Channel 192 kHz / 24 bit AD conversion with eight hi-class microphone and line pre-amplification channels, featuring a combination of sophisticated components and approved RME technology. Lowest distortion, excellent signal to noise ratio and perfectly linear frequency response transmit and amplify the microphone signals truly unchanged.
Reference
http://www.rme-audio.de/en_products_octamic_2.php
API 6-SLOT LUNCHBOX
The API 6-slot lunchbox (500-6B) is a 6-slot rack designed to accept all API standard 5.25″ X 1.5″ modules. This quality allows an engineer the flexibility to bring along specialized EQ effects to any situation: 550A, 550b or 560. The lunchbox is self-powered with a rear panel selected AC voltage switch and a removable power cord. The input/output jacks are XLR. The lunchbox comes standard with a +48 volt internal phantom power supply, bussed to pin 15 for interface with the API 512c Mic Preamplifier.
Reference
http://www.apiaudio.com/5006b.html
RUPERT NEVE PORTICO 517 MIC PRE AMP
Based on the Portico 5017 Mobile Pre, the 517 provides world-class transformer-coupled micpreamp, compressor and DI circuitry with Vari-phase, “Silk” and DI/mic blending capabilities – all in a single 500 series module.
Reference
http://rupertneve.com/products/portico-517-500-series-diprecomp/
AMS NEVE 1073LB Mono Mic Preamp module
Launched in 1970, the 1073 is the first choice of leading producers and artists, delivering the unique Neve sound on some of the most famous recordings of the past 40 years. The big, punchy sound of the 1073 complements any musical genre – from rock to pop, hip-hop to rap, thrash to classical. And now it is available for your 500-series rack.
Reference
http://ams-neve.com/products/outboard/1073lb-mono-mic-preamp-module#slide-0-field_photo_gallery-56
EMPIRICAL LABS DISTRESSOR
The Distressor is the product that started it all for Empirical Labs. Born of founder Dave Derr’s love of classic compressors like the 1176, LA-2A and Gain Brain (among others), the Distressor incorporates his favorite sonic characteristics of these, along with other unique and interesting features that have made it a staple for audio engineers all over the world. With over 22,000 units in the field, it’s safe to say that the Distressor is one of the best selling high end compressors of all time….if not THE best selling. A prominent recording engineer recently wagered that there probably was not a top 40 record made in the last five years that didn’t have at least one Distressor on it.
Reference
http://www.empiricallabs.com/distressor.html
BRICASTI M7 REVERB UNIT
The Bricasti Design Model 7 provides the highest level of musicality and ease of control imaginable in a processor dedicated to the task of reverberation. A modern high resolution digital design, utilizing a stunning array of the latest DSP processors, provides a platform for the long overdue next step in reverb processing algorithms. A separate fully differential analog section and dedicated transformer based linear power supply provide the finest analog specifications of any product of it’s kind. An exceptionally strong stainless steel chassis, and a tooled aluminum front panel, combine with a classic high visibility display and straight forward human interface, to complete an enduring design that is intended to fulfill its role, now and into the future. Each design element of the Model 7 is a carefully considered statement of our vision of what the evolution of reverberation processing in its most classic form can be. With a deep appreciation of the best designs which precede it, and a passion for moving the science of reverberation forward, the Model 7 provides a palette of sounds that encompass the familiar as well as new expressions in the art. Listen to the new reference in reverb processing; it will bring new life to your art, in a way unimagined by any process before it.
Reference
http://www.bricasti.com/m7.html
AVALON AD2055:
Dual Mono, Pure Class A Parametric Music Equalizer The AD2055 combines 100% discrete, pure class A signal amplifiers with state-of- the-art passive and active filter topologies. The AD2055′s unique circuitry delivers very high resolution transient detail at the operational extremes of real world equalization demands. The AD2055 auto-bias DC servo loop control eliminates the need for all interstage capacitor coupling. The AD2055 breathes life into all musical performances!
