Preamps / Channel Strips

If you are looking for 19" rackmount or 500-series Mic Preamps, or Preamplier plug-ins, Voice Channels and all manner of Channel Strips, you will find the Sound On Sound web articles collected here.

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Slate Digital VMS: Classic Mic Shoot-Out
Video Feature
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.

Reviews Nov 2016
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Warm Audio launch 312-style preamp
Four-channel API-style preamp with output level and impedance selector
Warm Audio have gained an enthusiastic following in recent years with their affordable recreations of classic...

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API update 500-series preamp
512V lets you drive input hard without overloading converters.

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Total Audio Control MicPre One & EQ One
500 Series Modules
These new TAC modules bring the classic Amek console sound to your Lunchbox rack.

Reviews Oct 2016
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Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Channel (AES 2016)
Rupert Neve's greatest hits of analogue circuit design launched
We got a quick insight into the philosophy behind the brand new Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Channel from Jonathan...

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Rupert Neve Designs introduce the Shelford Channel
New channel strip new preamp, 3-band EQ & compressor
Described as the definitive evolution of Rupert Neve’s most prized classic console modules, the new...

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AEA launch two new ribbon mic preamps
RPQ2 & RPQ500 launched
Ribbon mic experts Audio Engineering Associates, or AEA, have unveiled a pair or new mic preamps that are the...

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Focusrite launch Clarett OctoPre
I/O expansion offers 8 ‘Air’–enabled mic pres w/inserts & 192kHz A-D/D-A
Focusrite have announced the launch of this new eight–channel mic pre with A-D/D-A conversion, which can be used to add eight mic/line inputs and line outputs to any interface with ADAT I/O.

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MartiAudio In-line Preamp Booster
For Passive Dynamic & Ribbon Mics
For those with respectable but not stellar microphone preamplifiers in either recorders, interfaces or mixers, high-gain...

Reviews Sep 2016
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McDSP 6050
Modular Channel Strip Plug-in
With almost 30 separate processing modules available, McDSP’s 6050 promises to be the “ultimate channel strip”. Is it?

Reviews Aug 2016
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API 535-LA
Line Amplifier
API invented the 500-series modular format and we check out their latest addition, the 535-LA line amplifier.

Reviews Aug 2016
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Sonic Farm Silk Road
Microphone Preamplifier
The latest preamp from Canadian company Sonic Farm is a classy and versatile affair, thanks to its wide range of tonal options.

Reviews Jul 2016
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Summer NAMM ’16: Sonic Farm Tantra
Bass preamplifier
Xcalibur wasn’t the only new product from Sonic Farm at Summer NAMM this year. The Vancouver-based...

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Summer NAMM ’16: Sonic Farm Xcalibur
Dual tube pentode-based preamp with distortion
Ever since our 2013 review of their dual-channel valve preamp, the Creamer, Sonic Farm have consistently...

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Summer NAMM ’16: Coil Audio CA-70
Tube mic/line amplifier based on a 1930's WE, RCA, Gates design
The ever-entertaining Jim Vollentine of Coil Audio shows us his brand new mic/line amplifier, which harks...

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Summer NAMM '16: Advanced Audio MT8016
High-quality, affordable dual-channel microphone preamplifier
When building the MT8016, Advanced Audio’s Dave Thomas’ goal was to design a ‘State of the...

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Summer NAMM '16: Hazelrigg Industries VLC-1
Tube microphone preamp, DI & passive EQ
One of the great things about Summer NAMM is the chance to properly roam around and find companies you haven...

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Sonic Farm Berliner
Dual-channel Hybrid Mic Preamp
On testing a vintage Telefunken preamp, Sonic Farm were so impressed they decided to recreate it — adding their own twist along the way...

Reviews May 2016
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Total Audio Control debut new 500-series modules
British company launch Langley-designed preamp & EQ
British pro-audio manufacturers Total Audio Control have introduced a pair of new 500-series modules designed by Graham Langley, the veteran electronics engineer and co-founder of Amek.

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Phaedrus Audio Hydra
Microphone Preamplifier
This many-headed beast offers you the flavours of four classic ’60s London studio consoles.

Reviews Mar 2016
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BAE 1073MPL & B15
Mic Preamp & EQ Modules
These transformer–laden modules breathe new life into classic Neve and Avedis designs...

Reviews Feb 2016