If you're looking to add vintage character and analog musicality to your recordings, look no further than 1977, Drawmer's most comprehensive channel strip to date.
The 1977 gives you the clarity of an ultra-clean amplifier, the precision of a three-band parametric equalizer, the silky smoothness of a soft compressor, plus the ability to adjust as much warmth as you like using the three types of variable harmonic saturation.
The crisp preamp integrates not only mic, line and instrument DI with 66dB incremental gain, enabling you to make ultra-clean, transparent and precise recordings, beautify dull sounds or enhance your guitar sound, but also mic matching through switched impedance that brings out the best in every microphone in your studio. Whether it's a high-quality, ribbon microphone or even your most boring microphone, you'll be able to find its optimal position.
The 1977 features a true parametric equalizer inspired by 1970s analog gear, with three bands of fully variable frequency control and cut and boost ranges of +/-12dB, plus a fully variable bandwidth control for the midrange. That makes it incredibly versatile and capable of modifying everything from subtle tweaking to tonal shaping of problematic recordings and, of course, everything in between.
The sound engineer has control over the order of the signal path to be used either as Amplifier-Equalizer-Compressor-Out or as Amplifier-Compressor-Equalizer-Out, with each option creating a distinctly different tonal quality and coloration.
Silky smooth Vintage compression.
A full compressor gives you control over the dynamics of your recordings, and Drawmer's signature 'Big' and 'Air' modes help preserve the deep bass and enhance the shimmering high frequencies that lesser compressors remove.
- Vintage inspired Channel Strip for the Modern Era.
- A THAT Corporation ultra clean mic preamplifier with 66dB of gain with phantom power and switchable mic impedance for accurate mic matching.
- Separate Line and Mic input XLR's and pro quality instrument DI input with through output. Plus an XLR for the dedicated ultra clean direct pre-amp output and also for the overall output.
- FETs can be bypassed altogether to provide ultra clean outputs.
- A variable high pass filter control removes any rumble and allows you to tighten up the bottom end Phase reverse.
- Vintage-style three band full parametric EQ which takes it's inspiration from 1970's-era analogue gear, with variable frequency, +/-12dB cut and boost and variable bandwidth.
- Switchable slopes plus low peak settings allow you to adjust the focus and also magnify the bottom and top ends.
- Compressor includes standard controls and also 'Big' and 'Air' Modes Help to preserve the very deep lows and enhance the sparkling highs.
- Rear panel Side-chain insert point provides even further control. 3 types of variable Saturation adds vintage warmth.
- The order of the EQ and Compressor can be swapped and also each can be bypassed to allow for comparisons.
- Variable Wet/Dry Mix plus Output Gain knobs give a 'Parallel EQ and Compression' function without the need for external mixing devices, providing complete and effortless control over the amount of equalization and compression used and output levels.
- A backlit Analogue VU Meter with Switchable +10dB Rescale Mode. Time delay relays on the output for clean power up/down. Internal Low Hum Toroidal Linear Power Supply with Voltage Selector Switch.
- Classic Drawmer build quality with rugged steel chassis and aluminum front panel. -Designed and Handmade by Drawmer in the UK.