Vari Tube Recording Channel VTRC – Channel Strip

- Tube device (4 triodes)

- Class-A circuit

- Frequency range: 20 - 20,000 Hz +/- 1.5 dB

- Microphone preamp: Microphone input with transformer / 48V / phase

- True 48V phantom power

- Phase switch

- High-impedance instrument input (100 kOhm)

- Character changeable from clean to fat

- Equalizer: Low-cut filter: 80-160 Hz

- Lower-mid boost: 200-300-500-700-1000 Hz

- Mid-cut: 200-300-500-700 Hz 1-1,5-2-3-4-5-7-9 kHz

- High boost: 1,5-2-3-4-5-7-10-12-16-20-24 kHz

- Compressor: Opto compressor

- Vari tube compressor (based on the Vari μ principle)

- Soft-Knee characteristics

- Program-adaptive attack and release timing

- Balanced input and output

- Internal power supply with high-quality toroidal transformer

- Height (H / W / D): 132 (3U) x 483 x 250 mm

Description

You have experience with digital music production and with handling plug-ins but are aspiring to reach the professional league?

 The digital sound-editing of voices and solo-instruments makes sense if you want to work mobile in the pre-production or want to test through certain equalizer-or compressor-types using their digital clones.

 During the completion of your mix with plug-ins, you realized that recorded voices don’t become prevalent, don’t integrate into your mix and clearly sound adapted.

Maybe you made the right decision for quality and bought the a good microphone, however a premium mixing-console is ,to continue with quality, outside of your budget.

 So far, you vainly looked for a solution to that problem: a combination of a premium pre-amplifier, compressor and equalizer made up of the finest components is available in only one piece of equipment for an exceptionally fair price that is reachable for Project-studios.

We at Tegeler Audio Manufactur as musicians had the very same problem and therefore shifted our focus towards the development of such a device. The VTRC. The Vary Tube Recording Channel gives your recording the most up market boutique-sound and confident powers of self-assertion, while at the same time creating a perfect integration into the mix.

 The device astonishes with its sound-results that is accredited to high-end devices within the top price range when used during blind-tests.

 It is the first sound-refiner worldwide who allows for the combined operation of vari-q and opto-compressor and therewith offers a sound-spectrum ranging from clean precision and silky-warm vintage-sound.

 The VTRC absolutely convinced us and that is why we offer you to try out this device without any obligations for 14 days. Simply sign up at the above link and the VTC will be delivered to you on the same work-day (if available).

Technology

Due to the variable nature of the preamp, you decide on the color of the sound of your recording varying from clean-direct to vintage-fat.

 With the passive equalizer built after the Pultec-principle, you add silky-soft heights to your recording give your voice more volume or filter out disruptive frequencies within the area of keynotes.

 The combined operation of vari-µ and opto compressor of the VTC is a worldwide unique feature that extends your sound-spectrum with a fantastically sounding compressor sound.

Opto Compressor

An LED beams onto a light-sensitive resistance and thereby regulates level-dependent the amplification. The automatic control of the compressor-timing is additionally supported through the memory-effect of the resistant. Out comes an open-airy and soft compression which keeps the level nicely static but hardly alters the micro dynamic of the signal.

Vari-Tube Compressor

Here, the amplification of a control-tube is directly influenced. The control happens directly through the opto compressor. The result is a sound that will find its place even in a dense mix with sinister presence and nevertheless doesn’t lose its warmth.

The routing of the compressor and EQ is switchable; it is possible to switch the EQ into the side-chain of the compressor, so that frequency dependent compression and Deesing are possible. If you already have a recording which has not been refined yet, with the aid of the VTRC it is possible to edit it afterwards through the line input. Thereby the signal does not run 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.

New

- Vari-µ compressor (Opto and Vari-µ comprossor can be used at the same time)

- Line input with separate line input transformer

- Two VTRC linkable for stereo operation

- EQ: 24kHz high boost frequency for additional air band

- Switchable compressor timing

- Upgraded tube input stage

Proven

- Opto compressor (Opto and Vari-µ comprossor can be used at the same time)

- Passive Pultec-style EQ

- Microphone preamp, character changeable from clean to fat

- EQ can be switch before or after compressor

- EQ can be switched to compressor’s side chain

Presets

The VTRC is a device for professionals and does therefore not contain any pre-sets.

However, for the purpose of testing and to get to know the device, we have compiled some settings which for a good starting-point.

Basic settings

all controls set to 0, all witches to the bottom, Mic/Line +48V according to the requirement.

Vocals

gain set to 10, input in such a way that the needle of the meter is just responding, Lowcut for males set to 60Hz, for females to 120Hz, EQ switched on, frequency set to 16kHz, boost set to 6, Opto- and Varitubecompressor switched on, set the Gain Reduction in such a way that loud extracts don’t exceed 6db compression.

Plucked guitar

gain set to 1, Input in such a way that the needle of the meter is just responding, Lowcut set to 80Hz if somebody else is playing the bass in addition, EQ on, if necessary, Frequenzabsenkung set to 6kHz and boost set to 6, switch on the Optocompressor, Gain reduction is set in such a way that the compression does not exceed 4db during loud extracts. For more assertion higher the gain and adjust the Input.

Schrammelgitarre

Bass

gain set to 10, Input set in such a way that the needle of the Meter does not reach below 0 , Frequenzabsenkung set to 300Hz and lowering set to 3 , Frequenzanhebung set to 2 kHz and Boost set to 3, Optocompressor is switched on, set the Gain Reduction in such a way, that the compression lies between 3-6db.

Saxophone

gain set to 10, Input in such a way that the needle of the meter is just responding, lowcut set to 80Hz, EQ is switched on, frequency is set to 16 kHz and Boost is set to 6, Varitubecompressor is switched on, set the Gain Reduction in such a way, that the compression lies between 3-6db.