Sound Pure's Take
Like all things from the mind of Dave Hill, the Ibis has all the standard features you could ever need PLUS the ability to add a little magic. The Ibis starts out as an incredibly detailed 4-band fully parametric EQ with a clean and musical tone. Everything from a wider Q for a more wide-stroke manipulations to very narrow, laser-focused carving, the Ibis delivers what you want for tracking, mix buss and mastering.
Where things get interesting: you have the ability to add variable color to one frequency band, or ALL bands. Want to take some harshness out of a vocal? Add the color in the upper-mids to ease off some edge. Want to add thick texture to the low-end of your EDM mix? Throw some color on the low-band. The ability of this EQ to control the color on any band, all bands, or run it clean, opens up a tremendous amount of flexibility for handfuls of applications and nearly any genre.
From Crane Song
IBIS is an analog equalizer that boldly takes equalization to a new level of musicality. Each of its four bands features switch-selectable frequencies centered on and covering musical-step intervals from 32-Hz "C" to 22.35-kHz "F." Its four overlapping bands are labeled with note names and frequency allowing for the first time a "translation" between musician-speak and engineer-jargon. The bandwidth control has similar notation with adjustment from 0.2 octave to 4 octaves per band and a boost / cut range of 12 dB.
The low-cut filter is switch selectable from 20-Hz to 150-Hz with slopes of either 12-dB or 24-dB per octave. Like most Crane Song products, IBIS utilizes discrete class-A circuitry and features a truly unique and adjustable "color" function that can be applied to either the entire audio path or to any individual frequency band. A fully stepped mastering version is also available.
- Input
- Floating, balanced. Maximum input is +25 dBm. The connectors are XLR.
- Output
- Floating, balanced. Maximum output is +25 dBm. The connectors are XLR.
- Input and Output Connections
- Pin 2 is Sig + , Pin 3 is Sig- , Pin 1 is GND
- Power
- 100, 120, 230,240 volt; 50/60 Hz; 55 watts MDL .6A Fuse for 100V and 120V MDL .3A Fuse for 230V and 240V
- Noise
- Measured with the eq set flat and the bandwith controls at max -85dbm
- Clipping
- +25 dbm
- Distortion
- With the eq set flat measured at +20 dbm 0.001%
- Pilot Lamp
- # 327
- Shipping Weight
- 19 lbs. (8.6 kg)
- Depth Behind Panel
- 12.5 inches (31.75 cm) plus cabling
- Panel Height
- 2 rack spaces
- Frequencies
- There are 24 frequencies per band for a total of 96 frequencies with the bands overlapping. They are stepped on both the mastering and standard units.
- Boost-Cut
- The standard equalizer has a range to plus or minus 12 db on each band. The Mastering version has a range of plus or minus 6 db This is stepped 0.5 db steps to 5 db and a 1 db step to 6db on the mastering version.
- Bandwith
- Bandwidth in octaves is measured at full boost. The maximum is 4 octaves and a minimum is 0.2 octaves. This is a Q range from 0.15 to 17. On the mastering unit this is stepped with 12 steps
Manuals & documents
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