Transducer
Model 2601
Analog Speaker- and Miking-Simulator
Availability scheduled for May 2007
Visit our live demos at Musikmesse Frankfurt, March 28.-31.
2007, SPL booth B84 in Hall 5.1.
In a
cooperative developmental effort with German guitar amp specialists Tonehunter,
SPL presents a new 2U, 19-inch format guitar speaker and microphone
stand-in called the Transducer. It functions free of latency issues and
with amps up to 200 watts.
The Transducer is connected and operated
exactly like any guitar speaker box so that a guitar amp‘s distortion
can also be integrated into the sound design.
Main advantages
- Authentic
sound qualities and real time response for the guitar player – in
contrast to digital simulations with latencies in processing
- Independence
from volume levels during performances or recording sessions
- Independence
from room acoustics in recordings
- Greater
sonic flexibility in comparison to fixed box/microphone gear
- Provides
for a live signal in recording quality without crosstalk from miking
- Great
space and weight reduction in transport
- Time-saving
setup and simplified experimentation with sound variations
- No
phasing problems with track doubling thanks to latency free design
- Hearing
protection from in-ear monitoring in any kind of session, whether
studio, live or private
The
TRANSDUCER sports two main controls to adjust its sound: "Speaker
Action“ works analogous to a speaker‘s cone behaviour at different
levels through to an audible cone distortion effect. Similarly, “Miking
Level“ recreates a microphone‘s characteristic at different recording
levels.
Further switchable functions allow the choices of alnico
or ceramic speakers, closed or open housings, condenser or dynamic
microphones as well as adjustments to miking distances.
