API 10 slot lunchbox with 2 Neve API 512
Mint condition. The API 500VPR 10 Slot Rack with Power Supply is a rugged 3U rackmountable chassis for your API 500 series collection. Designed to house API standard format 5.25'' x 1.5'' modules, the 500VPR is internally wired for PIN 2 hot, and comes with the API L200PS plus XLR inputs and outputs. Holding up to ten API modules, this unit is ideal for users looking for a portable audio solution that is fully customisable. Perfect for a range of different audio applications, the 500VPR excels in versatile functionality and portability. AMS Neve LB Mono Mic Preamp Module - API Lunchbox format. Designed and manufactured in England, the LB retains the unique sonic characteristics of the original Classic microphone preamplifier by using the same architecture, matching components and original hand-wound transformers. And it delivers it in a modern and portable form-factor that professional producers and engineers demand. With new features like a fine TRIM control, switchable microphone input impedance, signal presence LED, intelligent protected switching of front combi-XLR input connector and Neve's clever Audio Processing Input design, the LB takes your LunchboxTM to the next level. Launched in , the is the first choice of leading producers and artists, delivering the unique Neve sound on some of the most famous recordings of the past 40 years. The big, punchy sound of the complements any musical genre ā from rock to pop, hip-hop to rap, thrash to classical. And now it is available for your Lunchbox. Simply install into an empty slot in your compatible LunchboxTM rack, connect your microphone or line level signals and inject that legendary sound into your audio creations. AMS Neve LB main features include: Classic transformer microphone preamp (Class A design) Neve designed hand-wound transformers Both Mic and Line inputs are transformer balanced and earth free Gain knob with Signal Presence LED +5/-10dB level Trim control with integrated phantom power on/off switch Phase, Impedance and Front Input selector switches Front combi-XLR connector with intelligent switching of phantom power Audio Processing Insert design allows processing from adjacent Neve modules in same LunchboxTM to be inserted into the LB's pre-output stage Microphone Input: Gain -80db to -20dB in 5dB steps Line Input: Input impedance 4k ohms bridging, gain -20dB to +10dB in 5dB steps Output is transformer balanced and earth free Distortion: Not more than 0.07% from 50Hz to 10kHz at +20dBu output (80kHz bandwidth) Freq Response: Ā±0.5dB 20Hz to 20kHz, -3dB at 40kHz Crafted in England by Neve engineers MPN: LB Manufacturer: AMS NEVE API 512c Mic Pre Features Mic Preamp with 65 dB of gain Front and Back Panel Mic Input Access Line/Instrument Preamp with 45 dB of gain Front Panel Line/Instrument Input LED VU meter for monitoring output level 20 dB pad switch, applies to mic/line/instrument 48v Phantom switchable power Traditional API fully discrete circuit design Uses the famous API Op-Amp The API 512c is a mic / line / instrument preamp designed to provide a low noise, unusually good sounding front end for all types of audio systems. Sonically, it offers the distinct API sound at an extremely affordable price. Offering low noise (-129 EIN) and 65 dB of gain, the 512c includes phantom power, and switchable polarity, -20 dB pad and Mic or Instrument/Line selector. Front panel XLR and 1/4 inch connectors combined with rear panel mic access allows for additional flexibility when installed into an API lunchboxĀ®, API's 10 position 500V vertical rack, or an API console. The API 512c remains faithful to the circuit designs of API's founder, Saul Walker. Fully featured and still hand assembled, the 512c carefully preserves the original sound character that made it so much a part of the early days of recording. Offering high headroom and a wide variety of inputs and input access points, it is equally at home in the commercial recording studio as it is in the home project studio. The 512c Mic/Line Preamp makes use of the op-amp and therefore exhibits the reliability, long life, and uniformity which are characteristic of all API products Read more