Preamps / Channel Strips

Mayer’s all‑analogue tape emulation is joined in the 500 series by a mic preamp and limiter.

API celebrate half a century of their iconic preamp design with a reissue for the 500 series.

Not all 500‑series racks are created equal. Here’s what you need to know to make your choice.

With so many modules on the market, how do you make the right choices?

This feature-packed channel strip pairs a vintage mic preamp design with a Pultec-style inductor EQ.

Does Neumann's first standalone mic preamp live up to their enviable reputation?

It's often claimed that expensive mic preamps will take your recordings to the next level. But is that really true, or are you...

Though more affordable than high-end parent brand BAE, UK Sound's gear certainly isn't bargain-basement stuff!

This remote-controllable preamp boasts some unusual features aimed largely at the live-sound market.

With added functionality and improved specs, this great preamp just got better.

Could this be the perfect partnership between vintage vibe and contemporary convenience?

How do I tell which preamps are good and which aren't? Are there any particular specs I should I look out for?

Retro‑Flyer adds an impedance-matched preamplifier and a mid-range EQ, plus stereo tremolo, to 73-note and 88-note Mk1 and Mk2 Rhodes pianos.

Want to combine the freedom to choose EQs and compressors with the convenience of a single plug‑in? PSP may have the answer...

Retro Instruments have supercharged the gain stage of their Sta‑Level compressor to build a 500-series preamp.

Once in a while, a new preamp brings something genuinely worthwhile to the table...

I use a Focusrite ISA Two preamp with a Clarett 4 Thunderbolt interface, but I'm having trouble getting the two meters to match...

We all love vintage mixer EQs and preamps, but it takes a lot of work to rack them up for use in today's studios. Is it worth your time and expense?

500-series modules aren't usually this expensive — but they aren't usually designed by Swiss legend Daniel Weiss...

Described as a four-band preamp, overdrive and distortion module, the M G D–2 puts guitar pedal power at the heart of your Eurorack.

Thermionic's latest valve preamp offers bags of gain and plenty of analogue warmth. Is this the perfect partner for your ribbon mics?