Description

Over fifty years in the making, the Shelford Channel is the definitive evolution of the original technologies in Rupert’s classic console modules like the 1073, 1064, 1081 & 2254, thoughtfully advanced and refined for the 21st century studio. The Shelford Channel is built around Rupert Neve’s first new transformer-gain, class-A microphone preamplifier in over 40 years, the « best-of-the-classics » inductor EQ section from the Shelford 5052, a tone-packed Diode bridge compressor, the analog power of variable Silk saturation, a new dual-tap transformer output stage for maintaining headroom or allowing the full driving of the Channel without clipping standard converters, and twice the operating voltage of vintage designs. With richly-coloured tonal options for making bold statements with your music, and precisely-engineered detented controls for recall, the vintage-inspired Shelford Channel maintains the soul of Rupert’s classic designs with new levels of versatility, delivering what can only be described as the combined essence of fifty years of Rupert Neve’s designs.
Features:
Transformer Gain Mic Input
Direct Input
Dual Tap Output
Silk & Texture
Controls/Switches: MIC/DI/LINE, Gnd Lift, Signal Present LED, Mic Gain, Trim 48V, Phase, HPF, HPF Freq.,
EQ In, LF, Low Freq, LF Prak, Mid Hi Q, Mid, Mid Freq, HF Peak, 8l/16k, HF, Comp In, Threshold, Ratio, SC Insert, Gain, Timing, Pre EQ, Blend, Link, Fast
VU Meter calibrated to display both average (RMS) output level and compressor gain reduction
Specifications:
Mic Pre Input Impedance: 2200 Ohms
Maximum Input: +21.5dBu from 150Hz to 22kHz, +8dBu 20Hz to 22kHz
Noise (Un-weighted, 22Hz-22kHz, source impedance 150 Ohms balanced): Main Out @ unity gain -100.9dBu
-6dB Out @ unity gain -106.6dBu
+30dB gain (Main Out) -91.37dBu
+66dB Gain (Main Out) -64.1dBu
Equivalent Input Noise -121.37dBu
Frequency Response: +/-0.25dB from 17Hz to 45kHz
Direct Input Maximum Input: 8dBu @ 20Hz to 120kHz
Noise @ Main Output: -100dBu (22Hz to 22kHz)
Line Input Maximum Input: +30.5dBu 20Hz to 30kHz
Total Harmonic Distortion and Noise: @ 1kHz, +20dBu output level, no load. Better than 0.002%
@ 20Hz, +20dBu output level, no load. 0.05% Typical (2nd and 3rd harmonic)
Noise @ Main Output: -101.1dBu (Un-weighted, 22Hz-22kHz, source impedance 40 Ohms balanced, no load.)
Frequency Response: +/- 0.25dBu from less than 10Hz to 110kHz, -0.32dB @ 120kHz
Maximum Output Level: +26dBu @ 16Hz to 20kHz
High Pass Filter: Continuously variable swept frequency from 20Hz to 250Hz. Slope: 12dB/Octave
EQ Noise: Un-weighted, 22Hz-22kHz, -92dBu
Signal Present / Overload Indicator: Illuminates GREEN when input stage signal level reaches -20dBu / Illuminates RED when input stage signal level reaches -23dBu
Diode Bridge Compressor: Noise (BW 22Hz 22kHz):
0 dB Makeup Gain: -84.5 dBu
+20 dB Makeup Gain: -64.2 dBu