Preamps / Channel Strips

With the RPQ2, AEA have improved on what was already an excellent ribbon-mic preamp.

What’s new in Focusrite’s updated multi-channel mic preamp?

Tech 21 have turned their focus to recreating, in pedal format, that part of a vintage console’s signal path that was often pressed into service for the direct recording of both guitars and basses back in the day.

Could this transformer- and valve-laden preamp bring some analogue magic to your recordings?

Designed to get the best from passive ribbon and moving-coil mics, this preamp offers 80dB of gain and switchable input impedance.

With eight new Air preamps and two-way ADAT connectivity, could this be the best way to expand your audio interface?

These classy new French-made modules are inspired by vintage designs, but they also add a few unexpected and useful features.

Acustica’s latest plug-in promises new heights of realism in SSL-style EQ and compression.

With remote control, USB audio interfacing and the sublime sonic performance for which Grace are known, the m108 doesn’t disappoint!

API’s 512 preamp design is a classic — and now there are even more reasons to love it!

Given the continually evolving and demanding pressures of the pro-audio industry, any product which remains available and largely unchanged for more than a decade must have arrived at a near-perfect combination of technical excellence, operational usability, reliability, and price.

Can this unique combination of software and hardware really recreate the sound of some of the most revered microphones in the world? We put the VMS up against the originals to find out!

Rather than just trying it out on a few sessions, the team at SOS decided that this review would be a great excuse to pitch the VMS against some of the actual microphones that it claims to model.