Modell 2710
The modular rack system for API 500 and SPL RackPack modules
Welcome to Series 500.
SPL is the first manufacturer to open a proprietary modular system for API 500 compatible modules. The focus on the RackPack system has always been the modular idea, not a proprietary platform. It was great to find out that API is just as open-minded as we are to offer more choices to customers.
The RackPack 500 frame offers eight slots to host four SPL and four Series 500 compatible modules.
The RackPack 500 system allows you to set up a very compact, customized analog rack on only 3 U rack space – equipped with both SPL and API 500 compatible modules.
The Transient Designer opens a new dimension in dynamic processing with its unique level-independent signal processing. Imitated especially by several software applications, the original Transient Designer remains the state-of-the-art ... well, Transient Designer.
The DynaMaxx compressor is incomparably musical and easy to handle. Thanks to its signal-dependent automation it is the perfect “set & forget” compressor for demanding studio and live applications.
Just as efficient and advanced in quality is SPL’s DeEsser. It has been the first device of its kind to use phase cancellation as a means to reduce sibilants. Much more unobtrusive than the common frequency-based compression, the SPL DeEsser has proven it’s technological prominence all over the world.
Further highlights are the two preamp modules Preference Mic Pre and Premium Mic Pre. As an alternative to our tube preamps they are based upon the proven design of our Atmos® multi-channel recording system. The Premium Mic Pre provides the same triple stage design with transformer in- and outputs like the Atmos® system, thus ensures the same reference-class results. The Preference Mic Pre offers a superior price/performance ratio to meet the highest demands in all areas of miking, and while a continuous preamp quality is of immeasurable value especially with multichannel recordings, it is impressively economical as well now with the Preference Mic Pre module.
Further modules complete the RackPack system that includes the whole range of analogue peripheral equipment and allows for perfect integration into any live and studio environment: From the passive EQ modules, which are specialized to certain instrument groups, through to the world-class tube effects of the TwinTube, the RackPack system builds a frame to cover the whole set of SPL’s expertise in analog signal processing technology.
Whether you need an eight channel preamp, an effects rack or individual channel strips: The RackPack 500 system offers the maximum freedom to compose customized setups for varying challenges in any live or studio environment.
Internally we have purposely dispensed with a bus system for connections to and between modules. Instead each SPL or API 500 compatible module provides balanced XLR in- and outputs, so free routing between modules is ensured. Furthermore each module can also be integrated into any studio- or live- environment just like a stand-alone device. And since two outputs are available simultaneously on each SPL module, you can route from any module additionally while it is connected already to another module (or elsewhere). If you have for example built a RackPack 500 as a channel strip, you can still pick up a signal from any SPL stage.
