Focusrite Red 8
Dual Mic Pre

Using the same circuit topology as the original ISA mic pre designs, the Red 8 offers two channels of ultra-high quality Focusrite microphone amplification. Used with high quality ribbon, valve and condensor mics, the Red 8 obtains outstanding results with any sound source, but especially voice, piano and string instruments.

The Red 8, with a perfectly matched pair of mic amps, offers identical channel controls to the Red 1, and is especially suited to demanding mono or stereo recording work, such as location classical recording with digital recording media.

The many benefits of the unique Focusrite mic amp topology include superb common mode rejection, a good overload margin and, with its shared gain structure, (20dB from transformer and up to 40dB from the amplifier) a very low noise floor with the signature wide bandwidth (10Hz to 200KHz). It also maintains this level of performance with a very wide range of impedance across the inputs. In practice, this makes it what one reviewer called, "perhaps the most revealing yet forgiving mic pre-amp in history."

The output stage of the Red 8, with its custom transformers, will easily drive very long cable runs - up to several yards - without significant loss of quality, making them ideal for remote recordings.

Features

• Classic Focusrite Mic Pre transformer-based design
• Phase reverse and phantom power
• VU output level meter
• Scribble disc
• Stepped gain potentiometers

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