Description
The Elysia Skulpter 500 is a 500 Series format microphone preamplifier designed to offer both transparency and sonic character. It incorporates advanced features such as a variable high-pass filter, a simple single-control compressor, high-quality DI input, and the innovative Shape section, which allows for adding saturation and shaping the tone. With a wide gain range and Class A design, it is a highly versatile tool that adapts to vocals, instruments, and various recordings, combining professional quality and creative flexibility in a single compact module.
Elysia Skulpter 500 Features:
- Fully discrete Class-A circuit
- Needs Lunchbox: 500 series rack.
- DI input. Ideal for guitars, basses, or synthesizers
- The instrument input is activated automatically when the jack is connected and takes priority over the microphone input.
- Controls:
- Gain: Microphone or line input gain. It automatically changes according to the input we use. If we press it, it changes the VU function between input gain and level output.
- Shape: Add saturation to the signal to give us a deeper and richer sound.
- LoCut: Variable high-pass filter from 10 to 375 Hz Variable high-pass filter from 10 to 375 Hz
- Comp: Soft knee compressor with a fixed ratio of 3:1 Soft knee compressor with a fixed ratio of 3:1
- Switches:
- Shape Two: Very useful for recording voices. It changes the saturation curve and gives a warmer and smoother sound.
- 48v Hold: Phantom Power. We have to press it for 2 seconds to activate the function.
- Phase Reserve: Phase inverter
- Signal Mute: Silence the machine
- Classic stepped potentiometers from Elysia
- Input connectors:
- Micro: XLR
- DI: Balanced TRS Jack
- Also available in Qube
- Frequency response: 10 Hz – 400 kHz (-3.0 dB)
- Dynamic range: 65 dB
- Takes up 1 Slot in the 500 Series Lunchbox
- Manual here
