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Focusrite Liquid Channel Mic pres & Compressors £1,449.99
Description
The Liquid Channel is a revolutionary professional channel strip that can emulate any classic mic-pre and compressor. Combining radical new analogue preamp technology with Dynamic Convolution? techniques, The Liquid Channel fuses cutting-edge analogue design with lightning fast SHARC DSP. Augmented by fully digital controls and optional remote software, The Liquid Channel provides the ultimate fluid vintage collection.
Liquid technology
Rather than creating a similar sound to vintage units, as with modelling devices, The Liquid Channel samples their sonic behaviour. This is achieved through Dynamic Convolution?; the application of a unique, level-dependant set of responses to an audio signal. These measured responses, sampled at numerous levels and with every possible setting combination, are applied to the input stream on a sample-by-sample basis for accurate emulation.
Liquid preamplification
Mic-pre emulation can?t be achieved with software alone. Hardware is required in addition to account for the physical interaction with the microphone. As a result, Focusrite invested vast amounts of time and energy into designing and building the ultimate ?liquid? preamplifier, able to match the input impedance and signal path (transformer or electronic) of the device being emulated.
Not all vintage units are born equal
Second order harmonic distortion is a beneficial artefact of analogue circuits (especially tube and transformer-coupled designs) providing the much loved ?warmth?. However, often two units of the same type will vary in the amount of second order distortion produced, so an additional control for modifying this vintage property is provided. This allows for precise matching of the Liquid Channel to your own beloved mic-pre.
R.R.P. £1,644.99
Our Price: £1,449.99 Inc VAT
Technical Specifications
- Converter performance
- Sample rate: 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4 and 192kHz
- Bit depth: 24-bit
- ADC
- SNR: 120dB measured with 20Hz/22kHz bandpass A-weighted filter
- Frequency response: ±0.05dB between 20Hz ? 22 kHz
- Maximum input level: +22dBu
- THD+N: 0.00035% (-109dB)
- DAC
- Dynamic range: 116dB measured with 20Hz/22kHz bandpass A-weighted filter
- Frequency response: ±0.05dB between 20Hz ? 22kHz
- Maximum output level: +22dBu
- THD+N: 0.0007% (-103dB)
- Jitter
- Internal clock: <20 pico-seconds
- AES digital output: <200 pico-seconds
- External clock: <1 nano-second
- Analogue and digital path
- Mic pre
- Gain range: +6dB to +80dB, switched in 1dB steps
- Frequency response: variable, set by pre-amp chosen
- THD+N at analogue out: 0.001% measured with a +4dBu 1kHz input signal with 20Hz/22kHz bandpass filter
- THD+N at AES digital out: 0.0005% measured with a +4dBu 1kHz input signal with 20Hz/22kHz bandpass filter
- Mic noise: EIN = -126dB measured at 80dB of gain with 150 Ohm source impedance and 20Hz/22kHz bandpass filter
- Noise at analogue out: -92dBu measured at +6dB gain with 20Hz/22kHz bandpass
- A-weighted filter
- Noise at AES digital out: -119dBFS measured at + 6dB gain with 20Hz/22kHz bandpass A-weighted filter
- Maximum input level: +16dBu
- Input impedance: variable, set by preamp chosen
- CMRR: Transformer: 123dB @ 60dB of gain
- Electronic: 102dB @ 60dB of gain
- Line input
- Gain range: ?10dB to +10dB, switched in 1dB steps
- Frequency response: 0dB ±0.1dB between 20Hz and 20kHz
- THD+N at analogue out: 0.001% measured with a +18dBu 1kHz input signal with 20Hz/22kHz bandpass filter
- THD+N at AES digital out: 0.0004% measured with a +18dBu 1kHz input signal with 20Hz/22kHz bandpass filter
- Noise at analogue out: -92dBu measured at 0dB gain with 20Hz/22kHz bandpass
- A-weighted filter
- Noise at AES digital out: -120dBfs measured at 0dB gain with 20Hz/22kHz bandpass
- A-weighted filter
- Maximum input level: +22dBu
- High pass filter
- Roll off frequency: switchable between 75Hz and 120Hz, frequency measured at ?6dB down point, 12dB per octave roll-off
- Harmonics
- Distortion range: 0 to 15 where 15 (maximum) = 10% of 2nd-, 20% of 3rd- and 10% of 5th-order at 0dBFS (level-dependent distortion)
- Compressor
- In ?As Original ? mode the parameter ranges will be the same as on the original unit being emulated. In ?Free? mode the parameter ranges are as follows:
- Threshold range: -40dB to 20dB switched in 1dB steps
- Ratio range: 1:1 to limit
- Attack range: 0.1ms to 2.5s
- Release range: 0.1ms to 2.5s
- Make-up gain: -20dB to +20dB switched in 0.5dB steps
- EQ
- High Shelf
- Frequency range: 200Hz to 20kHz
- Gain: +/-18dB
- Mid Band
- Frequency range: 100Hz to 10kHz
- Gain: +/-18dB
- Q: variable between 0.8 and 2.5
- Low Shelf
- Frequency range: 10Hz to 1kHz
- Gain: +/-18dB
- Weight
- 8.6kg
- Dimensions
- 484mm (W) x 85mm (H) x 270mm (D)
- 2U rackmount
Features
- Loaded with 40 classic mic-pre and 40 classic compressor
- emulations
- • Endlessly expandable library of emulations via USB download
- • 100 Programme Memories allow you to save every parameter
- – file format provides easy transfer to other Liquid users
- • Free software application LiquidControl™ allows
- comprehensive remote operation and archiving facility
- • 192kHz internal processing and ADC/DAC as standard
- • New Focusrite Digital EQ
- • Adjustable harmonic distortion accounts for variance in
- vintage originals
- • Cascade up to 8 units for multichannel-linking of
- all parameters
- The best of both worlds - analogue and digital
- The Liquid Channel combines a highly complex, massively flexible analogue front-end with Dynamic Convolution? processing, which utilises lightening fast SHARC chips and runs at sample rates of up to 192kHz. The front panel controls are digital, with tactile rotary encoders; all parameters can be stored in one of 99 program memories. At the press of button, you can reload all mic-pre, compressor and EQ settings for an individual session. If using The Liquid Channel in conjunction with a recording platform (e.g. Pro Tools), both the session files and The Liquid Channel?s program memory can be sent via standard data transfer methods, providing a completely mobile recording session. Perfectly emulated vintage classics with the power and ease of use of the digital domain.
- Infinite expansion and remote control
- The USB port on the rear panel allows remote control of The Liquid Channel, leaving the processor safely racked away. But that?s not all. The software application also serves as an archiving system for additional emulations and program memories, and permits downloads of additional classic units from www.ffliquid.com. So, The Liquid Channel is infinitely expandable.
