The Tegeler Audio Vari Tube Recording Channel gives
your recordings a high-end boutique sound while at the same time perfect
integrated into your mix. Due to the variable nature of the preamp, you
can decide on color of the sound of your recording varying from clean
direct to vintage fat. With the passive equalizer built after the Pultec
principle, you can add silky soft highs to your recording, give your
voice more volume or filter out disruptive frequencies within the area
of keynotes. The combined operation of vari-mu and optical compression
of the VTC is a unique worldwide feature that extends your sound
spectrum with a fantastically sounding compressor tone.
Optical Compressor
An
LED beams onto a light-sensitive resistor and regulates the gain
depending on the level. The automatic control of the compressor timing
is additionally supported through the memory effect of the resistor. The
result is an open-airy and softer compression which keeps the level
nicely static but hardly alters the microdynamics of the signal.
Vari-Tube Compressor
With
this setting the amplification of a control tube is influenced
directly. The control happens directly through the optical compressor.
The result is a sound that will find its place even in a dense mix with a
sinister presence while never losing its warmth.
The routing of
the compressor and EQ is switchable, it is possible to switch the EQ
into the sidechain of the compressor so that frequency dependent
compression and de-essing are both possible. If you have a recording
that has not yet been refined with the aid of the VTRC, it is possible
to edit it also afterwards through the new line input. Thereby the
signal does not pass through the Microphone input transformer, but
through a separate transformer that has been developed for line level.
All functions of the VTRC (from Preamp to EQ to Compressor) are available to you for the processing of high level signals.
If you want to use the VTRC for stereo signals, it is possible to link them.
Features:
General:
- Tube device (3 Triodes)
- Class-A circuit
- Frequency response: 20 Hz – 20 kHz ±1.5 dB
- Stepped Potentiometers
- Transformer balanced inputs and output
- Internal power supply with toroidal transformer
- Height: 132 mm (3U), width: 483 mm, depth: 250 mm
Microphone Preamp:
- Microphone preamp with transformer/48 V/ Phase
- True 48 V phantom power
- Phase switch
- High-impedance instrument input(100 kOhm)
- Character changeable from clean to fat
Equalizer:
- Low-cut: 80 - 160 Hz
- Low-mid boost: 80-120-200-300-500-700-1000 Hz
- Mid-cut: 200-300-500-700 Hz 1-1,5-2-3-4-5-7 kHz
- High boost: 1,5-2-3-4-5-7-10-12-16-20-24 kHz
Compressor:
- Opto compressor
- Vari-Tube compressor (vari-µ)
- Soft-Knee
- Program-adaptive attack and release timing