Fat Track Tube Preamp and EQ

Designed to be the centerpiece of any home, project, or professional studio, the Fat Track combines some of the best-loved TL Audio features into one compact and professional unit, adding warmth and sonic pleasure to all recordings and mixes. Drawing on TL Audio's larger and highly acclaimed M series consoles, the Fat Track offers you that unrivaled big desk sound in a more compact, intuitive and affordable package.

The Fat Track captures your recordings with two premium TL Audio tube preamps as used on TL's M Series consoles contained within two fully featured channel strips with a 3-band swept musical EQ taken from TL Audio's M1 console. Use the Fat Track for summing and mix-down with 4 stereo and two mono returns. You will be astounded by the richness and clarity you gain when summing your audio analog via the Fat Track. You can even bring your entire mix back via the 2 mono channels to add some EQ or final warmth. Patch in a compressor to the master inserts and suddenly you have a complete audio mastering solution!

The monitor section also comes packed with features including separate return solo and selection buttons, effects return, alternative loudspeaker mode, loudspeaker mute, and 2 headphone outputs with individual rotary control. Headphone output 1 (producer) follows your selections in the master section while headphone output 2 (artist) stays fixed on the stereo bus.

The multitude of inputs and outputs available within easy reach on the top panel makes for a flexible and intuitive workstation where quick cable changes are made easy. Space for fitting a TL Audio DO-8 ADAT interface is also provided allowing easy digital connectivity.

Designed for the producer, musician, singer/songwriter, engineer or general enthusiast, the TL Audio Fast Track caters to every requirement. It's easy to use and produces fantastic, professional sound results.

About TL Audio
TL Audio began manufacturing audio products in 1990, when the company - founded by Tony Larking - was largely involved in the restoration and reselling of vintage equipment such as Neve and Trident recording consoles. The first TL Audio products were original Neve EQ modules, which were taken principally from broadcast consoles and repackaged to make them suitable for music production studios. A little later, Tony Larking joined forces with David Kempson, a leading designer at Neve for nine years.

By 1993 the demand for used valve outboard equipment had become very strong but most models such as the original Pultec and Fairchild valve devices were already extremely rare and expensive. There appeared an obvious gap in the market for brand new affordable valve products and the result was TL Audio's first valve product - the EQ-1 Dual Valve Equalizer. This product revolutionized the studio market by offering reliable, flexible, great sounding valve processing that was within the budget of most studios. The EQ-1 quickly attracted the interest of mainstream engineer/producers, with the first two production models going to Roy Thomas Baker (who had produced many of Queen and Foreigner's early recordings) and Chris Porter (who was working with George Michael and Take That).

The EQ-1 was the first of what became known as the 'Classic' range, and was followed by what has become possibly TL Audio's best known product - the C-1 Dual Valve Compressor, which shot to stardom as Chris Fogel's mixdown compressor on Alanis Morissette's multi-million selling Jagged Little Pill album.

Today, TL Audio has become one of the most respected names currently manufacturing Pro Audio equipment. According to designer David Kempson, "Our hybrid design approach was not chosen to cut costs: we created it because we genuinely believe it is a better way of producing valve processors. It makes them consistent, reliable, quiet, and - best of all - it means that by gearing ourselves up for large-scale production we can make the products affordable as well. Every studio deserves to benefit from the advantages of valve signal processing - with our products, we make that possible."

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