Focusrite Red 1 Quad Preamp

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conductive plastic which gives more sensitivity and no mechanical resistance easy to make very fine adjustments. All Red products feature sealed relays, gold plated silver in an inert gas, situated in the middle of the circuits in which they switch. The precious metals mean that all contacts are low resistance, and the gas prevents any kind of corrosion of the surface of the contacts, meaning the most perfect audio switching device ever designed utterly passive, zero distortion caused and no FETs required. Red Range processors with mic pres feature solid state amplified audio transformers, which help to give the characteristic warm, organic sound loved by studios world wide. Transformers are the only way of giving a truly floating and earth free system, because theres no galvanic connection between the input and output circuitry. Transformers are not new in audio; they were there at the outset, but whilst others were trying to design them out to cut costs, Focusrite went after the best transformer possible, a philosophy which resulted in thetransformers you find in the Red series today. Low frequency second order distortion created by transformer saturation provides the character that many perceive as warmth. Meanwhile, a high frequency emphasis generated by the reactance of the coil resonance with the terminating impedance of the microphone or receiving device, provides the engineer with open, spacious high frequencies. The Red Range mic transformer in particular g
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