Focusrite Red 1
Four Matched-channel Mic Preamp with Phantom Power and Stepped Gain Controls


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RED 1 DESCRIPTION
 
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.

Customer Reviews
 Hey, now that's a tom  
by Andrew Nalty from Tacoma, WA USA, November 06, 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 more lively & musical.”
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  "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."
Brad Lyons