Studio One Expert Reviews the VTRC (2015)
- 21.12.2015
- Michael Krusch
- Review
- VTRC
The complete review was published on studio-one.expert (page no longer online).
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What the Vari Tube Recording Channel Is
The Vari Tube Recording Channel (VTRC) is our tube channel strip: microphone preamp, passive equalizer and compressor in one 3U unit. The preamp – with input transformer, true 48 V phantom power and a high-impedance instrument input – can be shifted in character from clean and direct to fat and vintage via the gain control. The passive Pultec-style EQ offers a low-cut (80/160 Hz), a low-mid boost, a mid cut and a high boost up to 24 kHz. The two compressors – an opto compressor with a light-sensitive resistor and a vari-tube compressor built on the vari-mu principle – can be used individually or together; the order of EQ and compressor is switchable, the EQ can be placed in the compressor's side chain, and a line input with its own transformer lets you process already recorded tracks after the fact. Two VTRCs can be linked for stereo. More reviews: Amazona.de (V2, 2015), Amazona.de (V1, 2012).
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Related: "It's absolutely brilliant!" – Production Expert Reviews the VTRC · Sound On Sound: VTRC Review (Valve Channel Strip) · Delamar.de Reviews the VTRC: 5 out of 5
