Cranborne Audio

Studio In A Box 500R8 is home to 8 of your favourite 500 series modules. It's also a 28in/30out USB audio interface, monitor controller, and discrete analog summing mixer. 500R8 has everything you need to build your dream analog/digital hybrid studio. Each element has been carefully considered and designed to give you the best of everything combined into a package that is intuitive (and fun) to use.

Camden 500 is a mic, line, and instrument preamp that achieves stunning low-noise and low-distortion performance as well as frequency and phase linearity at all gain settings. The result is a stunningly clean and natural sounding preamp offering a perfectly neutral palette to apply analogue and digital processing.For moments when that extra bit of 'British' character is required, Cranborne Audio developed the "Mojo" circuit; two discrete analogue saturation styles that can turn Camden 500 into the fattest, warmest, and most characterful preamp in your arsenal - all at the turn of a dial. Mojo can be subtle, it can also be exaggerated, but best of all - it can be bypassed.Custom TopologyFeaturing a custom transformerless front-end topology with 68.5dB of gain, Camden 500 achieves groundbreaking performance in noise, distortion, frequency response, and phase shift throughout all 12 gain positions.3-Way Input Type SwitchTailored input impedance and headroom for Mic, Line, and Hi-Z sources means punchy and full-range line recording with +26.5dBu of input headroom as well as alive and natural sounding DI'd instruments with 1.5M Ohm input impedance.Tech SpecsEIN:< -129.5dBu, 150 ohm source, unweighted< -135.5dBu, Inputs common, unweightedTHD+N: < 0.0004%, 1kHz, 35dB gain, 24dBu outPhase Shift:< 2.25 deg, 40dB gain, 20Hz to 20kHz< 4 deg, Max gain, 20Hz to 20kHzFreq. Response:< +/-1dB, < 5 Hz to > 200 kHz, all gain settingsCMRR: > 70dB, typ > 85dB, 35dB Gain, 10-20kHz, 100mV Common mode

Camden EC1 is an award-winning Camden preamp with Mojo analogue saturation, and a reference-quality headphone amplifier with a discrete line mixer built-in to a desktop-friendly, half-rack chassis. Priced to be your first preamp, but performs to be the only preamp you will ever need. World-class technical excellence at home in any professional studio around, delivered to your studio for less than you may think. Perfect for musicians, engineers, podcasters, voice over artists.Award-winning Preamp PerformanceConnect Camden EC1 to your audio interface and experience the award-winning sound of the Camden preamp design. Providing up to 68.5dB of pristine, clean gain, Camden EC1 is the perfect preamp to pair with low-gain dynamic microphones and ribbon mics.Powerful Headphone MonitoringFeaturing a reference-grade, high-powered headphone amp with a dedicated line mixer, Camden EC1 gives you TRUE, zero latency, mastering-quality monitoring of your preamp that is effortlessly mixed with playback from your DAW.Key Features and SpecsDiscrete mic/line/hi-z preamp featuring the award-winning 'Camden' topology from the Camden 500 Preamp and Signal Processor for 500 seriesAudio performance at the near-theoretical limits of noise, distortion, and phase/frequency linearity at all gain settings• EIN: < -129.5dBu, 150 Ohm source, unweighted, < -135.5dBu, Inputs common, unweighted• THD+N: < 0.00025% (1kHz, 35dB gain, +24dBu out)• Intermodulation Distortion: < 0.0006% (50Hz and 7kHz, 35dB gain, +20dBu out)• Phase Shift: < 2.75 degrees (20Hz to 20kHz, 40dB gain), < 6 degrees (20Hz to 20kHz, Max Gain)• Freq. Response: +/-0.7dB (< 1 Hz to > 1000 kHz, 35dB gain), +/-1dB (< 5 Hz to > 200 kHz, Max Gain)Unique 48v status LED• 48v LED Lights Orange to indicate voltage charging or dissipating to prevent damage to ribbon microphones and to ensure voltage is fully charged before use• 48v LED lights RED when voltage is fully charged and ready to use'Mojo' analogue saturation circuits with variable control, true bypass, and 2 discrete styles - Thump and Cream• Thump excites low-end content by boosting lower odd/even harmonics from a range of 160Hz to 20Hz and below• Cream boosts odd/even harmonics whilst also reducing the amplitude of the fundamental frequencies and applying typical transformer-style transient tamingDiscrete headphone mixers with independant CH 1, Ext Input, and Aux Input level controls• Monitor the Camden preamp directly with headphones during mic placement to find the sweet spot of the instrument/source• Create zero-latency artist mixes by combining the Camden preamp with external playback from Aux Input 1/4" jacks on Camden EC1's rear panel• Use the reference grade headphone amplifier for critical listening by sending stereo mixes from the interface into the Aux input and monitoring directly using Camden EC1's headphone outputReference-quality, high-powered headphone amplifier• Freq. Response: < +/-1dB, < 1 Hz to > 100 kHz• Output Impedance: 0.33 Ohms• THD: 0.0003%, 1kHz• Output Wattage: 2x250mW @ 600 Ohm, 2x450mW @ 220 Ohm, 2x250mW @ 100 OhmBalanced XLR output and impedance balanced 1/4" jack outputs for maximum connectivity into audio interfaces and other downstream equipment• -10dB PAD to attenuate preamp output for lowheadroom audio interfacesDedicated Impedance balanced 1/4" jack Link output for true instrument DI functionality and splitting instrument inputs to balanced or unbalanced amplifiers and effectsC.A.S.T. OUT port for connecting into 500R8/500ADAT• Transmit Camden EC1's preamp and Ext Input directly into 500R8 and 500ADAT's 500 series modules inputs for recording/processing• Receive a stereo mix generated from 500R8/500ADAT and monitor using Camden EC1's headphone mixer• All managed and distributed via a single shielded Cat 5e, Cat 6, or Cat 7 cableExternal high-current 24v, 1.25a power supply with latching connectorDimensions: 24cm x 22cm x 4.4cm / 9.5in x 8.6in x 1.75inWeight: 2.8kg (6.2lb)