Microphone preamps & DI
API 512c
API 500-series microphone preamp for tracking and custom analog recording chains.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
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76 models and accessories
Backline planning checklistMicrophone preamps & DI
API 500-series microphone preamp for tracking and custom analog recording chains.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Routing & patching
A forty-eight-point balanced patchbay for organizing connections within a recording system.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Interfaces & chassis
An audio interface for a computer-based recording package, with the computer, software and connections selected for the session.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Microphones
Large-diaphragm condenser microphone for a recording package requiring an additional studio condenser.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Dynamics
Rev-A-style FET compressor with modern control.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Dynamics
Tube optical compressor with a T4B opto-attenuator.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Microphones
Small-diaphragm condenser microphones that can be incorporated individually or as a two-microphone set within a recording package.
HouseIn house inventory: 2
Microphones
Dynamic tom microphones for multi-tom drum setups.
HouseIn house inventory: 5
Microphones
Dynamic microphones for kick-drum and floor-tom applications.
HouseIn house inventory: 3
Microphones
Dynamic instrument microphones for multi-channel recording and live-production packages, providing a consistent model choice across instrument positions.
HouseIn house inventory: 4
Microphones
Dynamic microphones for packages requiring this model, selected alongside the collection’s other handheld and instrument microphones.
HouseIn house inventory: 2
Microphones
Small-diaphragm condensers for individual channels or a paired recording configuration.
HouseIn house inventory: 2
Mixers & stageboxes
A compact digital mixing-console option within the SSS production and recording collection.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Mixers & stageboxes
A rack-format digital mixer for recording and live production.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Microphones
Hypercardioid ribbon microphone for directional ribbon capture in recording applications.
Inventory: ask us
Microphones
A dynamic-microphone choice for recording and production, requested alongside the selected recording front end.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Interfaces & chassis
An eight-slot 500-series chassis with ADAT input and output for incorporating modular processing into a compatible recording system.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Interfaces & chassis
An eight-slot 500-series chassis with a USB audio interface.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Equalization
A dual-channel, thirty-one-band graphic equalizer for packages requiring hardware graphic equalization.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Dynamics
A dual compressor/gate for packages requiring two channels of hardware dynamics processing.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Dynamics
500-series compressors based on the dbx 160A design, for individual processing channels or a paired hardware configuration.
HouseIn house inventory: 2
Microphones
Supercardioid dynamic microphones providing a directional handheld option for multi-microphone production and recording packages.
HouseIn house inventory: 3
Dynamics
A 500-series de-esser and high-frequency limiter for recording chains requiring dedicated high-frequency dynamics control.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Channel processing
A 500-series channel-processing module combining an instrument preamp, three-band EQ, selectable high-pass filtering, compression with parallel mixing, and tape-style saturation.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Microphone preamps & DI
Mono active direct boxes for individual instrument channels within a recording or live-production package.
HouseIn house inventory: 2
Interfaces & chassis
A 500-series chassis for building a custom preamp and processing configuration.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Dynamics
A 500-series diode-bridge compressor that adds another compression topology to the SSS collection.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Analog coloration
Passive analog tape-style processing with selectable machine and formula settings, adjustable bias and stepped controls.
Inventory: ask us

Equalization
Inductor equalizer with transformer-coupled input and output and passive equalization derived from the VLC and VT-5 design family.
HouseIn house inventory: 2

Dynamics
Transformer-coupled pulse-width-modulation compressor derived from the VNE and VT-7 design family, with stereo-link capability.
HouseIn house inventory: 2

Microphone preamps & DI
Hybrid tube microphone preamp and DI with VLC and VT-2-derived input circuitry, transformer-coupled input and output, and solid-state make-up gain.
HouseIn house inventory: 2
Microphone preamps & DI
A dual-topology microphone preamp combining tube and solid-state circuitry.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Microphones
Cardioid tube condenser microphone with a NOS 6J1 tube for studio and mobile-recording applications.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Microphones
A purpose-built FET condenser for snare recording, with onboard high-pass and low-pass filtering and a design focused on controlling off-axis bleed.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Dynamics
A 500-series, 1176-style FET compressor with a 1731 op-amp, adding modular FET compression to the recording rack.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Dynamics
A rackmount, vintage-style FET compressor with a 1731 op-amp.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Equalization
Passive, Pultec-style mono equalizers with solid-state amplification, 1731 op-amps, and stepped controls.
HouseIn house inventory: 2
Microphone preamps & DI
Single-channel 500-series microphone preamps with Air Band processing, for individual front ends or a two-channel configuration with the same preamp and tone-shaping approach.
HouseIn house inventory: 2
Mixers & stageboxes
An eight-channel compact mixer for smaller analog mixing requirements within a recording or production package.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Mixers & stageboxes
A sixteen-input stagebox with Midas preamps for a compatible recording or live-mixing configuration.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Interfaces & chassis
Ten-slot 500-series chassis for assembling multi-channel preamp and processing systems.
HouseIn house inventory: 2
Measurement & system support
An omnidirectional calibrated USB measurement microphone for acoustic-measurement work.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Microphones
A handheld cardioid condenser for vocal and instrument recording packages, including studio and snare applications as well as handheld vocals.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Monitoring
A six-output headphone amplifier and mixing system for distributing performer or operator monitoring within a recording package.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Routing & patching
The receive end of a four-channel balanced analog-audio connection over suitable shielded Cat cable.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Routing & patching
The transmit end of a four-channel balanced analog-audio connection over suitable shielded Cat cable.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Microphones
An on-camera shotgun microphone for inclusion in a video or performance-capture package.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Dynamics
Two-channel analog dynamics processor that attenuates microphone signals between phrases to reduce unwanted room pickup and improve gain before feedback.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Microphone preamps & DI
Rupert Neve Designs 500-series microphone preamp with adjustable Red Silk circuitry.
HouseIn house inventory: 2
Microphone preamps & DI
A stereo active direct box for recording and production requirements needing two direct-input channels in one unit.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Routing & patching
Forty-eight-point balanced TRS patchbays for routing multiple recording and processing connections.
HouseIn house inventory: 3
Microphone support & acoustics
Microphone-positioning and isolation systems for dual-microphone amplifier recording, supporting placement of ribbon and dynamic microphones around the same source.
HouseIn house inventory: 2
Microphone support & acoustics
A portable microphone reflection filter with an adjustable mounting system for local acoustic control around the recording microphone.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Microphones
Multi-pattern studio tube microphone developed by sE Electronics in collaboration with Rupert Neve Designs.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Microphones
Passive ribbon microphones with figure-eight pickup patterns.
HouseIn house inventory: 2
Microphones
Dynamic instrument microphones offered individually or as a two-microphone set within a recording package.
HouseIn house inventory: 2
Microphones
Cardioid dynamic microphones for handheld vocals and other recording applications.
HouseIn house inventory: 2
Dynamics
An SSL-style bus compressor in a rackmount format, with four THAT 2181 VCAs recorded in the unit’s configuration.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Microphones
Dynamic microphone available as a specified model within a drum or instrument microphone package.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Microphones
Shure
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Monitoring
Open-back headphones for monitoring within a recording or mixing setup.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Dynamics
Hardware dynamics modules providing another processing option within the SSS 500-series recording collection.
HouseIn house inventory: 2
Equalization
A stereo 500-series equalizer combining high- and low-frequency bands derived from SSL’s Violet EQ with two additional mid bands.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Microphone preamps & DI
SSL 500-series microphone preamp with Variable Harmonic Drive for adjustable analog coloration.
HouseIn house inventory: 4
Monitoring
Headphones for recording and production monitoring, requested individually or within a cue-monitoring package.
HouseIn house inventory: 2
Channel processing
A 500-series stereo-image processor for recording and mix-processing packages requiring dedicated hardware image control.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Dynamics
Expander/limiters providing additional hardware dynamics-control options within a custom recording or production system.
HouseIn house inventory: 2
Equalization
Four-band 500-series equalizers with sweepable mid bands, for separate channel equalization or a two-channel configuration using the same EQ design.
HouseIn house inventory: 2
Microphones
Instrument ribbon microphones with selectable in-line preamps.
HouseIn house inventory: 2
Microphones
Large-format studio ribbon microphone inspired by the classic RCA 44 design tradition.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Microphones
Multi-pattern condenser microphones for individual channels or a two-microphone recording setup.
HouseIn house inventory: 2
Microphones
Multipattern transformer-balanced condensers for individual channels or a stereo configuration.
HouseIn house inventory: 2
Microphone preamps & DI
A single-channel rackmount microphone preamp with inductive equalization, a high-pass filter, and Carnhill transformers.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Waves processing
A server option within the recording and live-processing inventory.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Waves processing
A server for configured Waves processing packages.
HouseIn house inventory: 1
Dynamics
Stereo vari-mu compressor with high-voltage tube gain reduction, Carnhill interstage transformers, and digital recall.
HouseIn house inventory: 1