Manley Langevin Backbone
Manley Labs has announced the upcoming release of BACKBONE .
Backbone is an insert switch based on custom consoles to help manage the details of analog signal processing chains.
Backbone is an insert switch based on custom consoles to help manage the details of analog signal processing chains.
- 3 inputs, can be both left-right swapped and polarity reversed.
- Separate left and right, ½ db stepped gold contact rotary switches control input and output gains.
- 8 insert points engage units or hard-wire bypass them.
- To prevent compressor surprises, an isolated signal is fed to any device when bypassed.
- "Sum -- Difference" or "mid-side" encoding and decoding for insert 2 & 3.
- Apparent "width" can be altered with another dedicated ½ db stepped 24-position rotary switch.
- Further control is provided with the ability to gently mix in a different processed signal.
- A "Swap" button reverses the order of inserts 4 & 5.
- A Penny and Giles rotary fader.
- Over 70 gold contact sealed relays for signal routing, with left and right signals on dedicated separate circuit boards for channel separation.
TBR in early 2008, 4300 $


