For the "lunch box" frantics, LaChapell presents a small imprint vacuum tube preamp the 583s. The input stage is based on the company 992EG platform in single-ended form coupled with high quality Burr-Brown and THAT Corporation output drivers. The 583s will be able to deliver 70dB of gain with a typical non-weighted EIN of -120dB referencing 150 ohm load. Equipped with one 12AX7/ECC83 tube and a frequency response of 12 Hz to 70 kHz, the 583s utilizes the Cinemag CMMI-10 or the optional Jensen JT-115k input transformer and features a max output of >26dBu.

A mysterious 583e is on the way…

The 583s is shipping and available for $1,249

Mico is a compact, feature packed twin Mic Pre with built in ultra-high quality ADCs, making it an ideal front-end for desk-top users. The front-end design is Audient's renowned balanced discrete Class A design which is also used in the ASP008 and the ASP8024 mixing console - guaranteeing outstanding sonic transparency and detail.

The 2 channels of the Mico are not exactly similar :
-It features one channel (left) of the unique HMX harmonic sculpting technology from the Audient Black Pre making the creation of vintage style character and complexity as simple as turning one knob.
- For recording a single source with twin mics or mic+DI, the Variphase control on Mico's second channel allows precise phase alignment (or creative mis-alignment) of the two signal paths.

URS is releasing the M series EQ bundle. It includes the URS Motorcity 7 band Q, the impersonation of the passive 7 band EQ used by the Motown sound engineers at first in 1965. These were the first with proportional Q, small boost/cuts have very broad Q, big boost/cuts the opposite. The second EQ included is the Vintage Cinema Equalizer. This one impersonates the original 6 band passive EQ used in cinema in the 1930's, a seventh band has been added to the plug-in. Both EQs frequencies are overlapping nicely and can be used as a 14 band EQ.

Bitter Sweet II is an improved version of the previous Bitter Sweet. The transient processing doesn't depend anymore of the signal level. Three new parameters have been added to allow a tighter control of the transients. Three transient durations can now be selected and a varying period of integration for transients processing can be accessed and a link function sets the output gain depending of the processing amount.

Here is the October issue of DP Corner by Tim Rumbaugh from audioMIDI.com. A column for great tips, tricks, and other fun stuff related to Digital Performer.

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