Amplifiers Universal Audio

Microphone Pre-Amp / 19 Inch Size / Processor Type Compressor / Number of Channels 4 / Rack Height 2 RU

Compact all-tube microphone preamplifier/D.I. box that delivers the classic Putnam 610 tube console sound in a portable, highly versatile design. It provides the silky, vintage warmth of the original console’s mic amp design, and will flatter and enhance any microphone or instrument with its iconic tones. Thanks to its convenient form factor, it can be conveniently used in the control room or the recording room, on stage, or on a desktop. The preamplifier offers Mic and DI inputs, and Gain and Level controls for myriad clean or colored sounds. Unlike its predecessors, the SOLO/610 has continuous Gain control with even greater range, allowing for precise gain structuring. It has all of the es…

The 6176 Vintage Channel Strip combines the alluring, all-tube sounds of the legendary Bill Putnam-designed 610 microphone preamp, with the signature FET compression of our 1176LN, to create the ultimate recording channel strip.The warm, smooth tones of this mic preamp design — employed to record everyone from Frank Sinatra to Van Halen — and the unique characteristics of the compressor, are two major reasons why the 6176 is found in studios around the world.The 2-610 microphone and instrument preamplifier has received praise from many corners. Michael Cooper, in his review for Mix Magazine, called it "hands-down, the most dimensional mic preamp I've ever heard". Peter Wade, engineer/producer who …