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Radial SixPack 500-Series Power Rack at Front End Audio

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Radial Engineering Ltd. is pleased to announce the SixPack, the latest Workhorse power rack designed for the popular 500 series module format and Front End Audio is taking orders! The Radial SixPack Workhorse 500-Series Power Rack is Radial's sixth power rack in their ever growing 500 series range. Add this to the 15 modules that are currently available and it is clear: Radial has certainly taken a most proactive stance with respect to building and supporting the 500 series standard. According to Radial President Peter Janis: "Given today's ever changing digital environment, recording studios must be agile for them to adapt and they must also bring a higher level of creativity and uniqueness to the recording process.  We believe that the 500 series is perfectly suited for this new reality as it is compact and easily transportable. And when you consider the hundreds of modules that are now available plus the tremendous patching options that can be put to use

Radial Introduces New 500-Series Products at FEA!

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Radial has introduced four new 500-series products, including the Submix, Tossover, Chain Drive, and the Powerhouse Rack and Front End Audio is taking order today! The Radial Submix is an ultra quiet 4 x 1 mixer module designed to fit the 500 series format and enable the studio engineer to combine multiple audio stems such as line level devices and effects together and route them as needed. The Radial Submix 4 x 1 Line Mixer 500-Series Module is also ideally suited for keyboards, samplers and drum machines where these need to be mixed into the audio chain. The design begins with four conveniently located ¼" unbalanced inputs on the front panel. Separate level controls for each input are clearly designated for easy manipulation. These are equipped with Radial's unique dual-gang Accustate circuit that simultaneously sets the input sensitivity and the gain to maximize signal-to-noise. This enables both instrument and line level signals to easily be interfaced witho

Chandler Limited GAV19T Guitar Amplifier at Front End Audio

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Chandler Limited has announced their new guitar amp and Front End Audio is taking orders! The Chandler Limited GAV19T Guitar Amplifier is an all-tube, 19-watt guitar amp in the vein of such vintage English classics as Selmer, Watkins, Marshall and Vox. While this amp borrows some tones from the classics, the heart of the GAV19T circuits are either new circuits developed by Chandler Limited or highly modified vintage circuits. The tube compliment is two EL84s, an ECC83, ECC803 and EZ81. The control panel of this amp is non-typical when compared to vintage amps. You can change the bias of the gain stage for different character as well as use the intensity switch to modify its overall tone. The drive controls function in the power amp section only and allow you to create distortion that never sounds weak or muddy. The tone control is a Baxendall-style eq. It functions like a treble booster pedal that can be used to add sustain and presence. This amp is similar to many Ch