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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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    Integer Audio RMP2

    Ribbon Microphone Preamplifier

    Designed to get the best from passive ribbon and moving-coil mics, this preamp offers 80dB of gain and switchable input impedance.

    Reviews Mar 2017
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    Focusrite Clarett OctoPre front panel.

    Focusrite Clarett OctoPre

    Eight-channel Mic Preamp & A-D/D-A Converter

    With eight new Air preamps and two-way ADAT connectivity, could this be the best way to expand your audio interface?

    Reviews Feb 2017
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    Hacienda Labs Mic Preamp & Compressor/Gate

    HL169 & HL4000 500-Series Modules

    These classy new French-made modules are inspired by vintage designs, but they also add a few unexpected and useful features.

    Reviews Feb 2017
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    Acustica Audio Sand

    Channel Strip Plug-in

    Acustica’s latest plug-in promises new heights of realism in SSL-style EQ and compression.

    Reviews Feb 2017
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    Cloud reveal Vari-Z instrument DI and Mic activator

    Cloudlifter Zi is an unusual tone control from ribbon mic makers

    Cloud Microphones bring their popular Cloudlifter Mic Activator technology to guitar players, bass...

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    Focusrite launch Scarlett OctoPre preamp/converters

    Scarlett OctoPre and OctoPre Dynamic add 8 channels via ADAT

    We’ve seen several generations of Focusrite OctoPre units, from the old Platinum series to the black-...

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    FullScale International launch global distribution

    Global distributor announce first manufacturer, Dizengoff

    Up-and-coming brand Dizengoff Audio, a Chicago based company producing a range of quality mic pre’s and...

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    Grace Design m108

    Remote-controlled Mic Preamp & A-D Converter

    With remote control, USB audio interfacing and the sublime sonic performance for which Grace are known, the m108 doesn’t disappoint!

    Reviews Jan 2017
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    API 512v Mic Preamp

    Microphone Preamplifier

    API’s 512 preamp design is a classic — and now there are even more reasons to love it!

    Reviews Dec 2016
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    Big Bear Audio launch MP1 ‘Colour’ Preamp

    Stylish Class-A preamp uses Colour modules from DIYRE

    London-based manufacturers Big Bear Audio recently announced a pair of interesting 500-series mic preamps, the MP1...

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    DACS Clarity MicAmp2

    Dual-channel Microphone Preamplifier

    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.

    Reviews Nov 2016
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    Slate Digital Virtual Microphone System

    Microphone, Preamp & Modelling Software

    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!

    Reviews Nov 2016
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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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