Preamps / Channel Strips

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.

These new TAC modules bring the classic Amek console sound to your Lunchbox rack.

For those with respectable but not stellar microphone preamplifiers in either recorders, interfaces or mixers, high-gain...

With almost 30 separate processing modules available, McDSP’s 6050 promises to be the “ultimate channel strip”. Is it?

API invented the 500-series modular format and we check out their latest addition, the 535-LA line amplifier.

The latest preamp from Canadian company Sonic Farm is a classy and versatile affair, thanks to its wide range of tonal options.

On testing a vintage Telefunken preamp, Sonic Farm were so impressed they decided to recreate it — adding their own twist along the way...

This many-headed beast offers you the flavours of four classic ’60s London studio consoles.

These transformer–laden modules breathe new life into classic Neve and Avedis designs...

This preamp boasts huge bandwidth and input impedance. But are those features desirable?