Anniversary
442N: The 442’s Nordic Cousin – 2002
“Back when audio products had mechanical meters, different countries/regions had different types of meters – meter colors, scales, and ballistics were different. An American VU meter with its ‘buff’ colored background would never be confused with a black British PPM meter numbered from 1 to 7. We started with LED meters and avoided mechanical meters […]
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MM1:Going strong since 2002
“The MM-1 was something we were asked for quite a bit: ‘I need the MP-1, but with a headphone amp.’ This was a fairly short putt product-wise, so we did it: preamp from the MP-1 and headphone amp from the HX-3. This evergreen product is still used for many things, most often along with parabolic […]
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442: It’s all about outputs – 2002
“The vaunted 442 mixer was our entry into ‘the big leagues’ at the time and really put us on the map. We knew that there was a hole in the market for a full-featured, high-end 4-channel portable mixer for around $3000. Jim Koomar (Sales) and I took a trip to Minneapolis to pick [famed product […]
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HX3: Made in Reedsburg Wisconsin since 2000
“The HX-3 was born out of people telling us they loved the headphone amp in the MixPre. This was for good reason, as that headphone amp features 30V of signal swing — all off of a couple of AA batteries. It is one of the many products that we make that I say are ‘sophisticated […]
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USBPre: the world’s very first USB mic preamp – 2000
“The first-generation USBPre was the very first USB microphone interface ever, from any company. I had been playing around with this new ‘USB’ computer protocol and a SPDIF-to-USB box from Opcode. It dawned on me that I could design a couple great mic preamps and supply the necessary amount of power for true 48V phantom […]
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MP-2, A Tapers Best Kept Secret – 2000
“The MP-2 was a variation of the original MixPre. We started to get word from the field that ‘tapers’ were using the MixPre for their mobile taping rigs at music concerts, and that it was missing a couple of features. As we’ve done many times since, we branched out a bit product-wise and market-wise to […]
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