The 10 are two of the most searched items online for analog enthusiasts the world over, many of them building their own interpretations of these channel strips. Due to wear and tear over the years combined with multi-track recording, where instruments are tracked one at a time, these channel strips have been chopped from their large format consoles and sold individually or in sidecars (lower track count versions of the original made for tracking drums or summing mixes through). These channel strips IK Multimedia have painstakingly modeled began as big consoles during the golden age of recording, when you needed a versatile preamp and EQ section spread out over many channels to accommodate live sessions. This brings us to IK Multimedia’s T-Racks EQ73 and 81. On the other hand, the popularity has caused plugin developers to take a long hard look at the gear and design emulations. Yes, we all know the movie was great and his intentions were pure, but now this British staple in the pro audio world is even more out of most people’s price range than ever.
There is no doubt that these colors represent one of the biggest names in recording and thanks to Dave Grohl and his incredible movie, he has driven the price of the hardware sky high. The old military spec paint, the iconic combination of red and blue Marconi knobs with grey fluted concentric knobs – even people who aren’t in the business of recording can recognize the design.
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