SPL Channel One

1-channel Tube Preamp with Insert, 3-band EQ, Compressor/Limiter, Noise Gate, De-esser, and Headphone Monitor Stage

$1999

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Your Ticket to That "Polished" Vocal Sound!

Smooth, detailed, and gorgeous, the SPL Channel One channel strip is your ticket to that elusive "polished" vocal sound. Featuring a wealth of features including a tube preamp, 3-band EQ, compressor/limiter, noise gate, de-esser, and more, the Channel One is the ideal front end for your DAW. Plug into this stellar-sounding channel strip and enjoy the world-class sounds that you've heard in your head but have been unable to accomplish in your studio. Whether you want to record vocals, instruments, or any other audio source, the SPL Channel One channel strip will imbue your recordings with the expensive sound you've been craving. Sweetwater Sales Engineers enjoy being in the studio as much as you do. Let us offer our experience to help you. Give us a call.

SPL Channel One Channel Strip at a Glance:

Preamp stage works great with vocals, instruments, or any other audio source
3-band EQ gives you incredible tone-shaping options
Compressor/Limiter controls dynamics and adds character
De-esser removes those session-wrecking sibilants

Preamp stage works great with vocals, instruments, or any other audio source

All-inclusive, the Channel One channel strip's preamp gives you a mic input with phantom power, polarity reverse, and a filter, a low-impedance line input for connecting your studio gear, and a low-noise, high-impedance instrument input that is easily accessible on the Channel One's front panel.

3-band EQ gives you incredible tone-shaping options

Specially optimized for vocals and acoustic and electric instruments, the Channel One channel strip's 3-band EQ puts an incredible tone-shaping tool at your fingertips. Incredibly musical, the Chanel One's Low, Mid Hi, and Air bands are primed both for corrective adjustments and for effective sound-shaping. You also have the ability to introduce controlled amounts of FET distortion into your signal, imbuing it with as much (or as little) character as you want.

Compressor/Limiter controls dynamics and adds character

Based on SPL's Double-VCA-Drive circuitry, the Channel One channel strip's compressor gives you outstanding noise and distortion characteristics. An extremely easy-to-use one-knob design, the single-dependent automation on the Channel One's compressor not only allows for a simple set-and-forget operation, it also stamps an amazingly musical and unforgettable sonic imprint onto your source.

De-esser removes those session-wrecking sibilants

Featuring SPL's renowned de-esser, the Channel One channel strip is able to subtly, yet effectively, remove ear-assaulting sibilants with its unique phase-canceling processing technology - before they ever hit your DAW! An auto-threshold function ensures that you'll enjoy constant processing even when the artist is less than consistent with his or her mic technique. Just crank the knob until the sibilants are gone - that's it!

SPL Channel One Channel Strip Features:

Preamp stage works great with vocals, instruments, or any other audio source
3-band EQ gives you incredible tone-shaping options
FET distortion imbues your signal with as much (or as little) character as you want
Compressor/Limiter controls dynamics and adds musicality
De-esser removes those session-wrecking sibilants
Noise gate operates flawlessly
Headphone monitor stage provides an individual mix for the artist
Insert (Send/Return) lets you patch in external effects