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Grace Design Introduces m103 Mic Pre Channel Strip at AES October 2009, NYC

Eben Grace from Grace Design discusses the M103 Channel Strip with Microphone Preamplifier, Equalizer, and Compressor, with Doug Wessling of Sound Pure Pro Audio, and Sound Pure Recording Studios. The famous clean, trans... Read more

Eben Grace from Grace Design discusses the M103 Channel Strip with Microphone Preamplifier, Equalizer, and Compressor, with Doug Wessling of Sound Pure Pro Audio, and Sound Pure Recording Studios. The famous clean, transparent, and wonderfully detailed sound of the Grace line of preamps made famous by their 801 and 201, and later made affordable with their 101 half rack, is now available in a complete channel strip designed to maintain the cleanliness and transparency Grace is famous for across the entire signal chain of this integrated channel strip. You can expect the same immaculate detail and openness throughout the EQ, and compressor, not just the Grace preamp. This long awaited device is the first foray into the world of EQ and compression, and is destined for success. Built with professional needs in mind, and at a price point designed to meet the budgets of project studios, this channel strip is the ultimate compliment to any recording chain where the signal path following the microphone is desired to be as transparent and neutral as possible - buy one and drive it on its own as a tracking or mixing tool, or buy a pair and link the compressors for a 2 channel stereo buss, or mastering tool . Call Sound Pure toll free at 888-528-9703 to discuss ordering one, or any questions you might have, or try sales@soundpure.com. Members of the Sound Pure Sales team are also experienced professional recording engineers that are glad to lend their sales experience with any of their prospective customers. Please give us a call, we are here to help!

From Grace Design


Channel strip... it doesn't roll off the tongue or smack of a high fidelity recording device. Maybe that?s why its taken us so long to build one. But we got over it. All labels aside, our new m103 is a powerful tracking tool for virtually any recording scenario. It starts with our tried and true m101 transformerless microphone preamplifier circuity. Headroom, detail, clarity, musicality its all there.

Complete with our exclusive ribbon mic mode, a 75Hz HPF and 48V phantom. The 3 band EQ section is built around single stage parallel tuning architecture, which minimizes circuitry and delivers natural, musical tonal shaping at all frequencies. Controls include a fully parametric mid, with shelving and peak modes on the high and low bands.

The compressor circuit is based on an optical attenuator - the purest, high fidelity gain control mechanism available. It provides gentle limiting to fairly heavy compression, while remaining neutral and transparent. The perfect way to zip it all up and send it downstream - clean, intact and alive. Comprehensive I/O options allow the mic pre and EQ/COMP sections to be accessed independently of each other, and the order of the EQ/COMP is switchable. The compressor controls can be linked for stereo applications, and 10 segment gain reduction and output meters make monitoring signal status simple. So there it is, we've done it. The m103 - a channel strip by name, a powerful tool by design.

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