Studio Electronics Fox - Manual (Page 3)

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We went back to the drawing board and realized the thing we needed
to do was to employ more than one unique preamp circuit in each
channel. This design concept led to two amazing preamp circuits called
VINTAGE and MODERN.
VINTAGE is our take on the classic British Discrete Class A design. It
is thick, rich, warm, and sounds great on just about everything.
MODERN, is a new design based on ultra hi-fi solid state components
that provide a sound that is very precise, clean, and detailed. The
preamp adeptly catches the stick attack of a snare drum or the
crispness of a vocal.
Now we had our two circuits, excellent, but could we expand on this
concept? Yes, indeed. We came up with a rather ingenious idea;
combining the VINTAGE and the MODERN circuits to create new
sounds. With that, COMBO mode was born. In COMBO mode, the input
of one of the preamp circuit is combined with the output of the other
preamp circuit. So VINTAGE/COMBO means the input is the VINTAGE
circuit, and the output is the MODERN circuit. With MODERN/COMBO,
the input is the MODERN circuit and the output is the VINTAGE circuit.
Now the FOX had four great sounding mic preamps in ONE box!
This allows you, the audio engineer, to benefit from ultimate versatility
and precision during recording. You can switch the different mic pre
circuits while monitoring your source live, so that you can optimize the
best sound for that particular source. Listen to that guitar track in the
VINTAGE circuit... Now hear how it sounds in the MODERN... Then try
MODERN/COMBO.. Nope-that’s not it… Now VINTAGE/COMBO… and
BAM! That works!
On behalf of the Slate Pro Audio team, I hope you make inspiring
music with the FOX dual mic preamplifier. Feel free to send me some
audio clips or just say “hey” by emailing me at [email protected]
Thanks, and Happy Recording!
Steven Slate