Tierra Studios and Tierra Music Publishing » Focusrite Red 1 http://www.tierrastudios.com Tierra Studios is a world-class recording studio in Houston. It is an innovative three-in-one music company that includes a studio, record label and music publishing business. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:29:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Focusrite Red 1 http://www.tierrastudios.com/2009/01/focusrite-red-1/ http://www.tierrastudios.com/2009/01/focusrite-red-1/#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:23:25 +0000 Traey Hatch http://pinauth.net/?p=231

Using the same circuit topology as the original ISA microphone pre-amplifier designs, the Red 1 offers four channels of ultra-high quality Focusrite microphone amplification. Used with high quality ribbon, valve and condensor mics, the Red 1 obtains outstanding results with any sound source, but especially voice, piano and string instruments.

With four mic pre-amps in a single unit, the Red 1 is ideal for those looking for improved audio performance, as a compact ‘way in’ to digital recording systems, or for location multi-mic recordings. Each channel offers custom-wound Focusrite input transformers, switchable phantom power, phase reverse, an easily-read illuminated VU meter, and a handy scribble disc for denoting channels. Mic gain is switched in 6dB steps over a 66dB range, for accurate, precise channel matching and recall.

The many benefits of the unique Focusrite mic amp topology include superb common-mode rejection, a good overload margin and, with its shared gain structure, (20dB from transformer and up to 40dB from the amplifier) a very low noise floor with the signature wide bandwidth (10Hz to 150kHz). It also maintains this level of performance with a very wide range of impedance across the inputs. In practice, this makes it what one reviewer called, “perhaps the most revealing yet forgiving mic pre-amp in history.”

The output stages of both the Red 1, with its custom transformer, will easily drive very long cable runs – up to several kilometers – without significant loss of quality, making them ideal for remote recordings.

  • Hand-made in the UK
    Crafted to the highest standards, all the Red Processors are manufactured solely in the UK using machine-tooled, half-inch thick claret red anodised aluminium.
  • Classic transformer-based pre-amp
    The benefits of Focusrite’s classic pre-amp topology include superb common-mode rejection, an excellent overload margin, an extremely low noise floor and super-wide bandwidth.
  • Phase Reverse and Phantom Power
    Available independently on each channel via firm-response illuminated switches
  • VU output level meter
    Four easily-read illuminated porthole window VUs are provided.
  • Scriblle discs
    Four handy scribble discs for denoting each channel
  • Stepped gain potentiometers
    Mic gain is switched in 6dB steps over a 66dB range, for accurate, precise channel matching and recall.
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