elysia channex|studio — an analogue channel strip

elysia has introduced a high-quality Class A channel strip with settings recall in a 3U format.

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The device has a constant-current microphone preamplifier with up to 64 dB gain, an adjustable high-pass filter, polarity switching and +48 V phantom power. A front-panel TRS input switches between line and instrument operation. The rear panel has an XLR/TRS combo line input and an XLR microphone input. The channex|studio automatically remembers the gain for each source when switching inputs.

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A four-band dynamic equalizer follows, with adjustable Q and shelving modes. Stepped controls with LED rings adjust the parameters. The dynamics section has a two-stage compressor with a Gain Reduction Limiter, a Soft Clipper and one timing control. A Flavor saturation module at the end of the chain offers five harmonic colour modes.

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The new model has a complete zero-latency monitoring section, built-in reverb, talkback and three independent mixes for the engineer, performer and studio monitors. Two front-panel 6.35 mm headphone outputs have separate amplification. The main feature is Total Recall. All analogue circuit parameters are digitally controlled. Up to 22 presets can be stored on the device, while USB-C or Ethernet allows DAW control through the channex|studio plugin for Windows and macOS.

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elysia channex|studio is available for around $9,000.