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Four Mic Pre Sounds in One
Covering the range from classic 1073-style vintage tone to ultra-clean modern sparkle, the Slate Pro Audio Fox 2-channel microphone preamplifier is one of the most versatile mic pres out there. The way the Fox shapes tone is brilliant. There are two completely independent microphone preamplifier circuits in each of the Fox's channels. The Vintage circuit calls up the sound of the legendary 1073-style preamp - warm, fat, and full of lush harmonics. Conversely, the Modern setting gives you a sparkling clean sound that's perfect for capturing acoustic instruments in picture-perfect detail. What's more, the Fox features two Combo modes, which combine the input and the output sections of both circuits, giving you a pair of completely unique preamp sounds.
Slate Pro Audio Fox Features:
- 2-channel microphone preamplifier
- 4 distinct microphone preamplifier sounds in each channel
- 2 independent preamp circuits in each channel
- Classic circuit provides 1073-style sound
- Modern circuit provides ultra-clear sound
- 2 combo modes combine the input and output sections of each preamp circuit
- Includes instrument inputs, phase controls, and phantom power
- 100% made in the USA
The FOX Concept
After starting my pro audio business in 2006, I quickly fell victim to an unexpected new role amongst my peers: Audio Gear Psychologist. I would constantly get calls from fellow engineers who were in the market for audio gear, and one of the most common questions I would get was about mic preamp purchasing. “Do I get the Neve, the API, or he Millennia?” would be a common question. No one ever liked my answer which was, “Get all of them; they are all amazing preamps and you’ll appreciate having a versatile sonic palette for your microphones and sources.”
This was good advice. Companies like Neve, API, Millennia, and other hi-fi brands have been making great mic preamps for years, and I’ve used them and loved them in countless sessions. So when I sat down with Studio Electronics, and the Slate Pro Audio engineering team to discuss our mic pre, my first thought was to make a mic preamp that could offer several sonic characteristics in one box; similar to having a rack of various mic pres.
Our first idea was to use one main mic pre circuit with filters and some various component and circuit manipulations to change he sound. This worked. Kind of…
Overall, it still sounded like the same preamp with some filters. It didn’t provide the real experience of having several preamp sounds in one box.
We went back to the drawing board and realized the thing we needed to do was to employ more than one unique preamp circuit in each channel. This design concept led to two amazing preamp circuits called VINTAGE and MODERN.
VINTAGE is our take on the classic British Discrete Class A design. It is thick, rich, warm, and sounds great on just about everything. MODERN, is a new design based on ultra hi-fi solid state components that provide a sound that is very precise, clean, and detailed. The preamp adeptly catches the stick attack of a snare drum or the crispness of a vocal.
Now we had our two circuits, excellent, but could we expand on this concept? Yes, indeed. We came up with a rather ingenious idea; combining the VINTAGE and the MODERN circuits to create new sounds. With that, COMBO mode was born. In COMBO mode, the input of one of the preamp circuit is combined with the output of the other preamp circuit. So VINTAGE/COMBO means the input is the VINTAGE circuit, and the output is the MODERN circuit. With MODERN/COMBO, the input is the MODERN circuit and the output is the VINTAGE circuit. Now the FOX had four great sounding mic preamps in ONE box!
This allows you, the audio engineer, to benefit from ultimate versatility and precision during recording. You can switch the different mic pre circuits while monitoring your source live, so that you can optimize the best sound for that particular source. Listen to that guitar track in the VINTAGE circuit... Now hear how it sounds in the MODERN... Then try MODERN/COMBO.. Nope-that’s not it… Now VINTAGE/COMBO… and BAM! That works!
