Preamps / Channel Strips

This preamp gives you vintage Decca design at a surprisingly low cost.

DSP convolving techniques now allow us to 'sample' the sound of real reverberant spaces, and even other digital reverbs. But why stop at reverb? Focusrite's Liquid Channel can be used to reproduce the effect of classic compressors and even mic preamps...

This cost-effective four-channel microphone preamp with flexible powering options is well-suited to location recording.

This modelling preamp achieves a variety of realistic amp tones by combining DSP processing with real analogue gain stages.

Buzz Audio's MA2.2 preamp made an excellent impression a year ago, but does its new little brother continue in the family tradition?

TL Audio's monster new tube voice channel gives you mic/ line/ instrument preamp, EQ, compression, limiting, and optional A-D conversion — twice over!

Behringer's cost-effective take on amp and cabinet modelling, plus effects, is now available for bass players

This addition to the Platinum range offers a variety of useful tools for the computer-based home studio owner.

This deceptively simple recording channel incorporates some very clever circuit design to overcome many of the potential limitations of this type of unit.

I saw a mic preamp advertised as 'Class A' and 'Transformerless.' What do these terms mean and why exactly are they a good thing?

This metal half-rack mic preamp offers variable tube drive.

A pedal-based stereo tube preamp for use with unbalanced line or instrument sources, including guitars and basses.

FMR's dual-channel mic preamp offers a transparent sound at a project-studio price.

The latest update of Ted Fletcher's ubiquitous half-rack recording channel.

This compact unit from Apogee offers high-end preamplification and conversion, along with a clutch of useful processing, monitoring and output facilities.

TC-Helicon's new rack unit aims to provide you with every conceivable vocal recording tool, including EQ, compression, pitch-correction, double-tracking, intelligent harmony generation and effects.

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Focusrite's new preamp offers variable input impedance and an optional multi-channel A-D converter board.

Not only does the API 7600 offer the heritage sound of the company's renowned Legacy consoles in a stand-alone rack unit, but multiple units can also be used to build a complete small mixer for audiophile recording.

Two surprisingly affordable units from a premium name in high-end valve processing.

Swissonic's high-quality preamp and A-D converter caters for 24-bit/96kHz digital audio in AES-EBU and ADAT formats.