Newton Channel

About

Newton Channel is an outboard or monitor controller by Rupert Neve Designs. The Newton Channel is a hardware channel strip with a microphone preamplifier, a three-band EQ, a compressor and a variable Silk saturation circuit. Its mic preamp provides 72dB of gain, including 6dB of fine trim control. Its input is a balanced XLR-1/4 inch TRS combo jack that accepts mic or line level signals.

What it sounds like

The preamp is designed to dial in a tight, clean and detailed sound. The Silk circuit saturates custom output transformers to amplify 2nd and 3rd order harmonics.

Features

• Microphone preamplifier with 72dB of gain
• Variable high-pass filter with independent bypass
• Three-band EQ with 31-detent potentiometers
• Switchable mid-band from 220Hz to 7kHz
• VCA compressor with +20dB make-up gain
• Pre EQ/post EQ compressor placement switch
• Variable Silk Red and Silk Blue saturation
• Transformer-coupled outputs

Good for

• Vocals
• Snare
• Strings
• Pianos
• Drums