The choice is yours. Crank the knob for a rich, saturated, vintage vibe – or disengage entirely for clear, wide-open sonic beauty. Rupert Neve Designs 5057 Orbit 16x2 summing mixer has all the tone, power, and depth of a Rupert Neve console in a single rack space.

Firmly rooted in six decades of console design experience, the 5057 Orbit gives your mixes the legendary tonality, power, and wide-open soundstage that only Rupert Neve’s class-A analog summing can provide. Coupled with Rupert’s famous custom audio transformers and Silk Red & Blue circuitry for variableharmonic saturation, the Orbit launches sterile in-the-box mixes to new heights of tone, depth and clarity –without compromising the recallable convenience and repeatability of your DAW-based workflow.

Born to Drive
When you push a mix buss and output transformers towards saturation, the non-linear, musical harmonics that occur are what truly glue a recording together and bring it to life. Rather than using an external summing solution that offers little more than an ultra-clean representation of the in-the-box experience, the Orbit provides the extraordinary richness, harmonic complexity and depth that only a Rupert Neve console can bring to your mixes.

The Orbit utilizes a highly custom output transformer configuration originally developed for the acclaimed Shelford Channel, which provides both a Main Output and a -6dB Output – the latter of which enables you to fully drive the Orbit to achieve more transformer harmonics without clipping the next device in the chain. This unique transformer drive is a hallmark of the sound of Rupert Neve throughout the years – and the sound of countless classic hit records.

Rupert Neve Designs 5057 Orbit 16 Channel Summing Mixer Specifications

• Input Impedance: 16 kO
• Frequency Response:
  • 10 Hz to 50 kHz: +/- 0.1dB
  • 150 kHz: -3dB
• Noise (22 Hz - 22 kHz): -90 dBu typical
• Maximum Input Level @ 1 kHz: +26dBu
• Maximum Output Level @ 1 kHz: +26dBu
• THD+N% (22 Hz - 22 kHz):
  • 0 dBu @ 1kHz: 0.003%
  • +20 dBu @ 1kHz: 0.0006%
• Crosstalk:
  • 1 kHz: -103 dBu
  • 10 kHz: -93 dBu