TL Audio Launches M3 TubeTracker 8-Channel Tube Mixer
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October 2, 2001
HHB, the exclusive U.S. distributor, announced the M3 TubeTracker 8 by 2 mixer from British tube specialist TL Audio (TLA). Following the success of the VTC recording console, the M3 is a small-format tube mixer that offers the same sweet-sounding tube solution in an efficient, compact design.
Designed to provide uncompromised sound quality, the M3 TubeTracker is well suited as a front-end tube gain stage for digital recorders and DAWs. Users looking to add warmth and character to their recordings will instantly appreciate the M3's straightforward signal path. The M3 TubeTracker shares many features with the highly-acclaimed TLA VTC console including discrete tube mic preamps, direct outputs, four-band EQ with sweepable mids, two aux sends, stereo returns and a simple but flexible master section with a tube-stage mix buss, plus an optional stereo digital output that supports up to 24-bit/96kHz digital audio. Just like the larger VTC, the new M3 TubeTracker also includes balanced internal busses, a high-quality rack-mountable external linear power supply and Sovtek ECC83/12AX7A tubes that run from a 200V DC stabilized supply.
Equipped with an 8-channel mixer section, the M3 features a master section based around a stereo tube mix buss, complete with a master phantom power switch, a pair of illuminated VUs and master controls for aux sends and returns, which includes PFL listen switches. Suitable for 19" rack or tabletop mounting, multiple M3s can be linked with a simple D-type 15-pin connector, providing 16 or more channels of inputs with stereo, PFL and aux busses connected through to the last M3 in the chain.
Don Hannah, Sales Engineer for HHB USA comments, "The M3 is the long-awaited answer for recording professionals and musicians seeking a small-format, no-compromise, economical mixer at the front end of their digital recording systems. The elegant, uncomplicated design of the M3 lends itself toward applications where the classic warmth of tube sound is the desired objective."
For more information, visit the distributor's web site at www.hhbusa.com. |
