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Vintage Inspiration with Modern Fidelity
The Swift stereo valve EQ takes its design cues from the legendary 1950s EMI desks, enhanced with modern features like extended bands for greater versatility in mixing and tracking.
KEY FEATURES
" You Can Do Anything With A Valve " Vic Keary
The Thermionic Culture The Swift is a stereo valve EQ designed for tracking individual instruments or mixbuss applications.
The Swift is inspired by the 1950’s EMI desks, which Vic Keary modified when working at Lansdown Studios, but includes extended top and low bands. At its core, it uses a Baxandall three-band design augmented by a Presence section which brings a broad band lift to the high-mid range and high frequencies, employing Vic Keary’s 1963 original design on his own console at Chalk Farm Studios. Mid lift controls are inspired by Pultec designs and as such are completely passive and only features a choice of four frequencies and three Q settings.
The Swift includes additional features such as a Mid cut and Air bands, which employ a passive design as well as a high, pass filter. By combining the high-pass filter and the bass lift at 50 or 100Hz it is possible to emulate the classic Pultec 'boost and attenuate' effect.
This powerful EQ boasts four valves including two 5965 on the input and two ECC802S/6189 on the output, and combines the best of USA and UK style EQ designs.
All pots are continuously variable for finer degree of control and has a stunningly quiet noise floor.
- Shelving bass and treble lift/cut controls at 2 frequencies each
- Mid cut and lift at 4 frequencies each with three “Q” combinations
- TC presence and air controls
- A switchable high pass filter with a special last position which, used with bass lift, can be a very interesting combination
- Adjustable gain in .75 dB steps
- Custom-made using the same high quality chassis as the classic Phoenix Compressor
- Same High Quality Valves (Tubes) as in the Little Red Bustard
- Hand Made in UK
- UK over £99 FREE
- UK under £99 £10
- EU £36
- Rest of World £80
Large/Heavy items: Extra charges may apply (e.g., consoles, large monitors). We’ll contact you before processing if so.
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This item, like everything we supply, comes with the complete support of our expert team. Our excellent technicians have been specifying, building and supporting studios for over twenty years. If you have any problems with installation, setup or everyday use, they’re never more than a click away, and always happy to help.
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KEY BENEFITS
Versatile Tone Shaping
Employing a Baxandall three-band design plus a Presence section and Pultec-inspired mid lifts, The Swift offers precise control over multiple frequencies and Q settings for detailed sound sculpting.
High-Quality, Low-Noise Design
Featuring a combination of four high-grade valves and continuously variable pots, The Swift ensures a high-fidelity sound output with an impressively quiet noise floor, suitable for professional studio environments.