Irmo, SC, United States
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The Rupert Neve Designs 542 500-Series Tape Emulator brings the warmth, density, and musical glue of analog tape into your 500-series rack without the maintenance headaches of an actual tape machine.Designed as a serious tone-shaping tool for tracking, mixing, and stereo bus work, the 542 lets you add everything from subtle harmonic polish to thick, saturated attitude while keeping your signal controllable and professional. At the heart of the 542 is Rupert Neve Designs’ analog tape effect circuit, which uses a custom interstage transformer to mimic a tape record head feeding a replay amplifier with a tape-style EQ curve. As you increase saturation, the 542 adds harmonic richness and gently rounds transients with its soft-clip circuit, making it a killer choice for drums, vocals, guitars, synths, bass, and full mixes. Selectable 15 IPS and 30 IPS modes let you choose between deeper low-frequency head bump and flatter extended response, while the Blend control makes it easy to dial in the perfect amount of tape character. Add in Silk Red, Silk Blue, and variable Texture, and the 542 becomes a flexible analog color box for adding size, weight, sheen, or vintage-style transformer personality to nearly any source.Rupert Neve 542 500-Series Tape Emulator Features500-series analog tape emulator and line-level processorCustom tape effect circuit designed to mimic analog tape saturationSelectable 15 IPS and 30 IPS tape response modesSaturation control for driving the tape effect circuitSoft-clip circuit for smoothing sharp transientsBlend control for mixing pre- and post-tape effect signalsSilk Red mode for enhanced high-mid and high-frequency harmonic contentSilk Blue mode for added low and low-mid harmonic weightVariable Texture control for adjusting transformer colorationTrim control for level adjustment before the tape circuitOutput level and drive metering for gain stagingRupert Neve 542 500-Series Tape Emulator IncludesRupert Neve Designs 542 500-Series Tape EmulatorManufacturer Warranty
PriceR$5,372.42
+ R$537.73 Shipping
R$322.61 shipping when combined
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