Tube-Tech MEC 1A Mono Channel Strip

The Tube-Tech MEC 1A is a comprehensively equipped channel strip of the highest technical quality. The input stage has microphone and DI inputs, as well as precise rotary and toggle switches for gain, phantom power, pad, phase inversion, and subsonic filter. The input stage is followed by the phenomenally flexible three-band passive EQ: While the sidebands have a shelving characteristic with six switchable operating frequencies each, the midband operates as a bell curve with twelve frequencies and an adjustable Q factor. The opto-compressor offers all the functional options users would expect from a modern compressor with ratio, threshold, and attack and release, as well as catch-up gain. The two side-chain paths are another interesting feature, allowing external processors to be looped in and up to ten(!) MEC 1A units to be linked. This positively luxurious set of features is rounded out with bypass switches for EQ and compressor, as well as the option to swap both modules in the signal path.

The Danish pro audio manufacturer Lydkraft (Tube-Tech) was founded in 1977 and has been developing professional outboard equipment using tube technology since 1985. The company's conceptual focus is on uncompromising quality standards, key to which is their handcrafted build philosophy: Every product is hand-built by a tiny team of only six people. Company owner John G. Petersen was initially inspired by classic tube equipment, but soon perfected the concepts – and has now created numerous classics himself over the years. The CL 1B, for example, a compressor in the "LA-2A" style, has established itself as a standard for countless vocal chains. Today, the list of Tube-Tech users reads like a "Who's Who" of the Pop and Rock world. Over 15,000 Tube-Tech devices have already been sold.