Rupert Neve Designs Portico 5017 1-channel Microphone Preamp & Compressor

Rupert Neve’s sound is ready to go! A one-channel preamp/compressor with a traditional British flavor! Rupert Neve has played a significant role in developing what we know as the contemporary recording studio. The Rupert Neve Designs Portico line, which continues with the Portico 5017, makes Neve sound available to both project and professional studio owners. The DI input and microphone preamplifier can be utilized concurrently. The Portico 5017 also includes a mix control, which allows you to combine and compress direct and amplified signals. The Portico 5017 has all of the benefits of a Rupert Neve box in a more portable package. Superior control over your sound For such a compact size, the Rupert Neve Designs Portico 5017 provides exceptional control over all of its functions. Along with gain settings for the instrument and microphone inputs, there is also a variable Blend control that allows you to use both inputs at the same time. The Vari-phase control allows you to adjust the phase of the two inputs progressively for complete control. The single-knob compressor is simple to operate, and it includes Neve’s Silk control, which lends nostalgic warmth and presence to both inputs for that classic Neve sound. Studio quality in a portable design The Neve Designs Portico 5017 is so much more than a typical desktop preamp. You receive a full-featured Rupert Neve preamp in a portable form suitable for mobile recording projects. Want to find a singer/songwriter at a show? Need a high-quality DI/preamp for recording a piano track outside of your studio? You’ve spent a lot of time perfecting the sounds in your studio. You no longer have to compromise recording quality when tracking elsewhere. Legendary Neve sound in an accessible package. Rupert Neve may be the most responsible person for what we now call audio recording. He established the standard, which we all continue to use today. Now you may get the man’s signature sound in a small, portable, and economical container. The Rupert Neve Designs Portico 5017 provides the most sought-after qualities of a Neve preamp, but it doesn’t end there. In addition to the preamp, you’ll receive a high-quality mobile DI, Neve’s Vari-phase control, a powerful single-knob compressor, and more! Rupert Neve Designs Portico 5017 Microphone Preamp/DI/Compressor Features:  One-channel operation.  Use DI and mic channels simultaneously.  Use the blend control to combine DI’d and miked signals.  Record bass using a miked signal and a DI.  Balanced or unbalanced hi-Z input for instruments.  Highpass filter: 12 dB/octave at 80Hz.  Phantom power.  Invert the phase.  Variphase allows for fine-tuning of phase relationships.  Compressor  Vintage-style sound through the silk channel.