[HandCrafted Lab]

Originally Posted by xmenrock

Waooooow !!! this Distortion Box seems to be upsetting.
I'll be really curious to hear a voice in this box .
It will be cool too to find stereo input / output to use this incredible box on a final mix

Yes, it will other device - without preamp, but dual, with line level inputs (transformer balanced how all devices which we produce)

I like to tell you that I use Hand Crafted Labs devices since one year and I'm completely satisfied (thanks Albert ).

I've got a light Velvet channel strip:
I use it for voices with a tube microphone (and sometimes on acoustic guitar with a AKG C12). The sound is really clear with a very good and accurate sound.
It will be good to have a EQ section more effective to carve the sound but... I like it all the same .

Solution s2 leveler:
This tube compressor is wonderfull !!! I use it with each mix I really could not do without it.
The compressor have no pump effect and it give a magique brightness to the sound .
Great job .

Nice to hear it. As well as a listening of your music(which is represented above), we glad that our devices make own job in good manner

Originally Posted by fez

Yo,

Great! A new product by HCL.

I've heard the samples and they sound good. It certainly has his usage. But what I personally miss are the more extreme settings. Like having an overdrive switch or having that extreme overdrive. I use plugins for distortion and it can be very violent. Don't know the unit but it probably can do a lot of damage to the audio looking at the tweak possibilities.

Dennis, yes. We has tweaked device a lot for own understanding of damage level. Leveler+Distortion is funny combination enough, they are linked between each other, in sense of distortion level and compression produced by leveler (you know), i.e the leveler able to control distortion level in different ways

I've read more about the possible release of a stereo version? That would be nice! Maybe you can add some overdrive switch or some kind?

Yes, like I said earlier it will another device the dual version, also it will have many knobs which should be fitted onto 3U panel yet. About overdirve - the Drive knob make high distortion, with pentode/triode modes the distortion level in sounding is not lacking, I hope yet.
I think, we shall able for dual version in autumn 08, it`s complex device yet.