Tracking Toolbox

This is our premier tracking toolbox for vocals and other sources requiring a wide open mic pre combined with the best tracking compressor on the market.

 

Classic Class-A discrete transistor mic amp feeds a second servo IC stage to boost the maximum gain up through 70dB, well beyond most of the single stage Class A designs.

 

Peakride compression is very easy to dial in when tracking and evens out levels in a very musical way without robbing the sound of life, so bringing the performance a new energy.

 

Use the toolbox to track with confidence and it will give you great results and inspire confidence when you have difficult dynamic sources to work with.

 

Use it live when you need a portable rugged high quality mic pre/compressor for the lead vocal. A life saver when you’re touring and have to mix on the house PA.

Physical

  • Size : 220mm wide by 44mm high (1U) by 225mm deep (excluding cable connectors)
  • Weight : 2.2kg (4lb 10oz)
  • Power requirements : AC power to the voltage indicated on the rear panel ±10%, 50/60 Hz.  Internally switchable between 115VAC and 230VAC
  • Mains Cord Fuse (UK only): 3A
  • Rear Panel Fuse : 20mm fuse, 250mA 250V (MUST BE ANTISURGE SLOW BLOW TYPE)
  • Power Consumption : 15W

 

Microphone Input to Balanced Insert Send

  • Frequency response : -0.5dB at 5Hz and 60kHz (any gain up to 70dB and up to +20dBu output)
  • THD+N @ 20dB gain  +20dBu out, 1kHz : 0.003%
  • THD+N @ 60dB gain  +20dBu out, 1kHz : 0.007%

 

Main processor audio path

  • Frequency response : -0.5dB at 5Hz and 68kHz
  • Distortion : < 0.01% at 1kHz (typically 0.007%) main signal path working at 0dBu

 

Maximum Input Levels (input gain set to minimum)

  • Microphone : +20dBu
  • Line input : +27dBu
  • Instrument : +18dBu

 

Input Impedances

  • Microphone : 2k4 ohms
  • Line input : > 10k ohms
  • Instrument : 1M ohms

 

Equivalent Input Noise Figure

  • Microphone : 128dB (max gain with 150 ohms source)

 

Output Noise

  • -91dBu RMS unweighted, measured 22Hz to 22kHz
  • -93dBu RMS A-weighted, measured 22Hz to 22kHz

 

Maximum Output Level (post limiter)

  • > +27dBu

 

Output impedance

  • 50 ohms

 

Input Gain Ranges

  • Microphone input : -5dB to +70dB
  • Line input : -10dB to +20dB
  • Instrument input : +4dB to 35dB

 

Expander

  • Threshold range : -60dB to 0dB
  • Attack time : typically 3ms
  • Release time : variable between 90ms and 900ms (tracks the natural audio decay)
  • Ratio 1:2 with a small degree of ‘soft knee’ at the threshold point

 

Peakride Compressor

  • Threshold range : 0dB to -40dB
  • Attack time range : 60ms to 1ms
  • Release time : variable from 90ms to 500ms (tracks the natural audio decay).
  • Ratio 1:1 to 30:1
  • Make-up gain : automatically set in proportion to the threshold and ratio settings.
  • Gain reduction meter : calibrated in dBs.

 

Limiter

  • Threshold : fixed internally to +7dBu (nominal)
  • Attack time : 100us
  • Release Time: programme related from 100ms to 500ms

 

Monitor Output

  • For highest quality monitoring use headphones with an impedance of 600 ohms or above.