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Focusrite Red 1

Four Matched-channel Mic Preamp with Phantom Power and Stepped Gain Controls

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Four Channels Of Red Range Pre Amp!

Audio professionals rely on the Red 1 mic pre to produce the required quality of signal to tape. The Red 1 provides 4 perfectly matched channels of the excellent microphone preamplification. The design employs the same topology as the acclaimed ISA 215 pre-amps. The result is a phenomenal set of specifications, and probably the most revealing yet forgiving mic amp in history. Extremely low noise and distortion, and delivers a smooth, detailed sound across its very wide bandwidth.

Used with high quality ribbon, valve and condenser mics, the Red 1 performs outstanding and the results are astonishing - especially with voice, piano and string instruments.

Each channel offers switchable phantom power, phase reverse, an easily-read illuminated VU meter and a handy scribble disc. Mic gain is switched in 6dB steps over a 66dB range, for accurate and precise channel matching.

Among the benefits of the unique Focusrite mic amp topology are superb common-mode rejection, a good overload margin, and with its shared gain structure (20dB from transformer and up to 40dB from the amplifier), a very low noise floor with high gain bandwidth. It also maintains this level of performance with a very wide range of impedance across the inputs. In practice, this makes it perhaps one of the most revealing yet forgiving mic preamp in history.
Specification Detail
Analog Inputs XLR
Analog Outputs XLR
Built-in Dynamics No
EQ Bands None
Freq. Response 10Hz-140kHz
Low Cut Filter N/A
Pads N/A
Rack Height 2U
Total Channels 4
Tube N

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based on 3 customer reviews

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Brad Lyons
The Focusrite Red 1 is so warm, many think it is a tube pre but it is not. The Red 1 gets a great deal of use in my own studio from miking toms to acoustic guitars, I love it.
Kyle Manship
This box can be a staple for any studio. The pres are as clear as can be, yet they have character, especially on toms and acoustic instruments. I have not run into an application that sounds bad through the Red 1.

Hey, now that's a tom

by Andrew Nalty from Tacoma, WA USA
November 6, 2008
Music Background: Recording & Live Sound Engineer/Producer
I had the chance to pipe through one of these gems in a session recently, & it seemed to me as though it was the perfect combination for whatever mic was going through it. My drums have never sounded ... read more [+]more lively & musical. close [-]

WOW!!! This is Awesome

by Richard Parker from Cullowhee, NC USA
April 6, 2008
Music Background: Commercial and Electronic Music Major
The ease and versatility of this pre-amp is just excellent. I am currently a Commercial and Eleactronic Music Major and our studio has one of these in the studio. It is easy to use and sounds great.

Warm yet Clean

by Kyle Manship from Daleville, IN
December 31, 2008
Music Background: Recording Engineer, Pro Studio, Pro Musician
This is a very nice unit, despite some common bad views of the "red" series of Focusrite. We have a UA 8110 and I think this unit is cleaner for DI apps (Keys,Bass) but definitely does not have the s... read more [+]haping capabilities of the UA. I like the detented gain knobs to match a stereo key in or, in our case, a Pod Pro stereo line level in. I don't like that it doesn't have input attenuation just due to flexibility reasons, but the overall sound of the unit is fantastic. I highly recommend this for keys/synth, groovebox, bass and direct guitar applications. close [-]

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