Order by phone
Mon-Fri: 9:00AM-6:00PM
 0844 815 0888

Select CurrencyYour Basket 0 items | £ 0.00 Checkout
Home » Recording » Microphones » Mic PreAmps » Focusrite Red 1

Focusrite Red 1

Dolphin id:
4311
Product SKU:
MORF001

This product is currently not available for purchase.

Audio professionals rely on the Red 1 mic pre to produce the required quality of signal to tape.

Show full description »

Audio professionals rely on the Red 1 mic pre to produce the required quality of signal to tape. The Red 1 provides 4 perfectly matched channels of the excellent microphone preamplification. The design employs the same topology as the acclaimed ISA 215 pre-amps. The result is a phenomenal set of specifications, and probably the most revealing yet forgiving mic amp in history. Extremely low noise and distortion, and delivers a smooth, detailed sound across its very wide bandwidth.

Used with high quality ribbon, valve and condenser mics, the Red 1 performs outstanding and the results are astonishing - especially with voice, piano and string instruments.

Each channel offers switchable phantom power, phase reverse, an easily-read illuminated VU meter and a handy scribble disc. Mic gain is switched in 6dB steps over a 66dB range, for accurate and precise channel matching.

Among the benefits of the unique Focusrite mic amp topology are superb common-mode rejection, a good overload margin, and with its shared gain structure (20dB from transformer and up to 40dB from the amplifier), a very low noise floor with high gain bandwidth. It also maintains this level of performance with a very wide range of impedance across the inputs. In practice, this makes it perhaps one of the most revealing yet forgiving mic preamp in history.

Specifications

  • Analog Inputs XLR
  • Analog Outputs XLR
  • Built-in Dynamics No
  • EQ Bands None
  • Freq. Response 10Hz-140kHz
  • Low Cut Filter N/A
  • Pads N/A
  • Rack Height 2U
  • Total Channels 4
  • Tube N
Image: Focusrite Red 1

Free Delivery*

UK mainland standard delivery FREE.
More details on UK deliveries.
More details on International deliveries.

Focusrite Red 1 videos

There are currently no videos for this product. If you are registered with us you may log in to add additional videos related to this product. You can also register an account to add a related video.

Focusrite Red 1 Reviews

9/10

Catching the details

— Joeri de Jong January 19, 2009

I own the Focusrite Red 1 for a week now and maybe it\'s too soon for a final judgement, but I decided to give it a shot.

The first thing I did with the Red 1 is to record spoken voice. My not-so-fancy microphone (Se electronics 2200A) started to sound a lot more professional, especially in the higher frequencies. Every detail is captured, wether you like it or not :-)

There\'s no low pass filter on the preamps, but it doesn\'t need one. If there are low frequencies in the source, they\'re being captured, if there\'s no low frequencies, the Red 1 doesn\'t compensate for that. Sometimes a preamps will add some punch or warmth, the Red 1 just delivers the truth. So if you have a beautiful voice( wich I don\'t), you\'ll get excellent recordings, but if you can\'t tune a drumkit, you might want to use a diffrent set of preamps, because every ring or sizzle will be very audible.
But, speaking of drums, if you do know how to make a drumkit sound great (wich I actually can), your reward will be huge. I never experienced my drums to be so open and alive. And adding some compression afterwards turned out to be a true surprise, all the details were perfectly reproduced.
So, if you are a good singer (or you know one ;-) )or you got other good sounding soundsources you\'d like to record, then the Red 1 (or 8 of course) is a piece of equipment I would certainly recommend. However, if you\'re going to make ambient recordings in awfull sounding room, the Red 1 might just make it worse, because it\'s so honest.
No wonder Focusrite recommends to use the Red 1 with high class microphones, because it can make something great sound like something really really great!

Add your review
Security code
Price Matching

Dolphin Music brings you the best music gear at the best price. We are committed to superior customer service and have extensive product knowledge. However, in today’s market we may not always be aware of all the price fluctuations of the products we sell. So, we offer competitive price matching.

Please fill in the following form to request a price match.

What prices we will match?

We will compare prices for new, direct from manufacturer items, excluding any add-ons, options, or other special features which may affect price.

The item must be new and must be the exact same make and model (ie, the same size, version, etc.).

Since our postage charges are lower than most of the shops, the comparison price must be a "delivered cost" to the consumer.

If we are unable to verify the previous condition, we will notify you that we require additional information to verify the Price Match request. Our goal is to make this policy simple and hassle-free. We are committed to responding to your requests quickly.

The price you have found must be the Internet Retailer's regular, advertised price for a current and available item. The price you found cannot be a closeout, discontinued, blemished, year-end, inventory reduction, or any other type of advertised sale price.

Price Matching requests may not be combined with any other promotional discounts, specials or other price incentives.

Prices and price sources you have found which do not meet the above criteria or in which incomplete or inaccurate information is provided to us, will not be approved for our Price Match.

Please select your country/region

Choose the region you are shopping from to view products in your currency.

We have temporarily suspended processing of EUR payments, all orders will be charged in GBP.