London, United Kingdom
About this listing
This Slate microphone & preamp have hardly ever been used, due to having other equipment and preferring to use pre-amps in a rack. It was purchased in 2016 and is in virtually mint condition.As reviewed by Jay Asher in Los Angeles:What you get A large diaphragm cardioid condenser mic with a shockmount.A desktop mic pre with phantom power, an input pad, polarity switching, mic/line choices, and a nice big gain control knob.I licence to use the modelling softwareThe HardwareI found both the mic and mic pre to be of nice build quality and with a very transparent quality. Even with the software bypassed, it sounded pretty darned good when I sang into it. So if you don’t already own a good mic and mic pre or don’t feel that you own enough of them, that alone makes this package attractive at its price point.The ModellingThe primary selling point is of course that they have faithfully modeled some very famous and expensive mics from Neumann, Telefunken, AKG, and Sony. They of course cannot call them by their real names but the numbers and pics certainly make it discoverable in a Google search.If you visit the (Slate) website and listen to the shootouts, the emulations do indeed sound almost identical to the real thing, and several reviewers and celebrated engineers have praised their faithfulness. We live in a cynical age and it is easy to write that off but I think that most people value their reputation and do not play fast and loose with it. Also, it is worth noting that with vintage tube gear, one mic may sound somewhat different from another. The “intensity” slider is meant to compensate for that however.
Price£395
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