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Focusrite Red 6 mic preamp / EQ
Estimated price for orientation: 2 300 $
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Description Type: Rare pristine Condition Reg 6 Mic pre / EQ Brand: Focusrite Model: Red 6
This is the same premium mic pre-amp as the Red 1 and 8, with the added bonus of a killer EQ!High quality output faders offer +6dB gain to infinite attenuation - perfect for direct recordings or accurate level matching after EQ and dynamicsSame 4-band EQ plus high and low pass filters as used in the Red 2.Filter and EQ can be independently switched in and out, for fast and easy comparison while setting up your record chain.Made with premium parts and components. Mic Preamp input as well as line input for use of EQ module.This is a classic rack piece that is in pristine condition. One owner. Note from wikipedia:(in the late 1980's) Focusrite decided to use "these" designs as the basis of a complete recording console, and the Focusrite Forte console was developed as a result in 1988. The concept was simply to produce the highest-quality recording console available at the time, regardless of cost. The prohibitively expensive design limited the production to just two units, however, after which Focusrite fell into financial difficulties. One console was delivered to Master Rock studios in London and the other to Electric Lady in New York, remaining in use for many years. The original Focusrite logo with its musically inspired italic “ff” is actually that of the console, standing for “Focusrite Forte” (as well as the musical term “”, or "very loud").Audio industry veteran and co-founder of , purchased the company's assets in April 1989, establishing Focusrite Audio Engineering Ltd and reissuing the original modules along with some new designs. The company also designed a new console, the Focusrite Studio Console, released in 1990.Focusrite saw a growing interest in the microphone preamplifier, EQ and dynamics capability of the console, and decided to spin those out into a new range of outboard modules so that the technology could be made available independently of the console itself. This became the Red Range, with distinctive red milled aluminium front panels, launched in 1993...
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| Type: | Rare pristine Condition Reg 6 Mic pre / EQ | Brand: | Focusrite |
| Model: | Red 6 |
This is the same premium mic pre-amp as the Red 1 and 8, with the added bonus of a killer EQ!High quality output faders offer +6dB gain to infinite attenuation - perfect for direct recordings or accurate level matching after EQ and dynamicsSame 4-band EQ plus high and low pass filters as used in the Red 2.Filter and EQ can be independently switched in and out, for fast and easy comparison while setting up your record chain.Made with premium parts and components. Mic Preamp input as well as line input for use of EQ module.This is a classic rack piece that is in pristine condition. One owner.
Note from wikipedia:
(in the late 1980's) Focusrite decided to use "these" designs as the basis of a complete recording console, and the Focusrite Forte console was developed as a result in 1988. The concept was simply to produce the highest-quality recording console available at the time, regardless of cost. The prohibitively expensive design limited the production to just two units, however, after which Focusrite fell into financial difficulties. One console was delivered to Master Rock studios in London and the other to Electric Lady in New York, remaining in use for many years. The original Focusrite logo with its musically inspired italic “ff” is actually that of the console, standing for “Focusrite Forte” (as well as the musical term “”, or "very loud").Audio industry veteran and co-founder of , purchased the company's assets in April 1989, establishing Focusrite Audio Engineering Ltd and reissuing the original modules along with some new designs. The company also designed a new console, the Focusrite Studio Console, released in 1990.Focusrite saw a growing interest in the microphone preamplifier, EQ and dynamics capability of the console, and decided to spin those out into a new range of outboard modules so that the technology could be made available independently of the console itself. This became the Red Range, with distinctive red milled aluminium front panels, launched in 1993...