Preamps / Channel Strips

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.

This range of valve processors offers a variety of character sounds for the more adventurous home recordist.

Korg's new valve preamp and optical compressor is available not only as a stand-alone box, but also in a version which can be installed directly into either of their flagship digital multitrackers.

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.

Valve warmth or solid-state transparency? You decide with this flexible new hybrid preamp.

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

Focusrite hot up the competition by offering eight channels of Platinum-series preamplification, with optional digital conversion, at a surprisingly affordable price point.

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.

Aimed at professionals, the Multi Z PIP combines premium DI box, mixer, and re-amping device in a single small unit.

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?

This Nashville-built preamp offers a new take on a classic British console sound.

Eight channels of clean and transparent preamplification, complete with input impedance switching and flexible digital output options.