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The Tonelux compressor seems to be quite full of features. I will do some more research on it. Thanks Jer!

Cole

Finally got these guys unpacked and loaded into the chassis. Man, really nice difference running the pair with the Torpedo. Will hook up some mics for some vocal tracks tonight.




The Tilt EQ is REALLY nice for quick top end/bottom end adjustments

That is a good start! Looks great bro!

Cole

it's very wise to get 2 of the same pre's as they will be used for overheads some day . Nice rig there man .

colejustesen wrote:That is a good start! Looks great bro!

Cole

Thanks man! They sound so damn good!

fretless wrote:it's very wise to get 2 of the same pre's as they will be used for overheads some day . Nice rig there man .

Yeah it didn't even occur to me to buy a pair at first but really glad I did.

Just made an offer on the Tonelux compressor... FML!

I was watching a Tonelux compressor, and got notified someone made an offer... It must have been you lol.

Cole

colejustesen wrote:I was watching a Tonelux compressor, and got notified someone made an offer... It must have been you lol.

Cole

LOL! Might be. The guy has a pair of them. He hasn't responded yet. They had a big sale for all their 500 series stuff. It was $350 shipped on Black Friday. Wish I had this in mind back then for sure.

I am clueless as to what most of the gear in this thread actualy does, but it's clear Jer is not fucking around!

oh man! i love that they have the tilt eq IN them!

i have a plugin of the tilt eq, and sometimes, that's just the ticket. gentle noodge towards awesome!

super cool-- HNSD (new shit day!)!

I care bby

It's not that I don't care, it's that I can't relate to the level of winning your studio achieves

I am curious how the DI on those units compare to the Rupert Neve DI I sent you.

colejustesen wrote:I was watching a Tonelux compressor, and got notified someone made an offer... It must have been you lol.

Cole

He accepted at $375. Well worth it. He has one more.

JerEvil wrote:

colejustesen wrote:I was watching a Tonelux compressor, and got notified someone made an offer... It must have been you lol.

Cole

He accepted at $375. Well worth it. He has one more.

That is a great price! Congrats!

I was trying to find where Tonelux are made. Are they made in the USA?

EDIT: I thought I posted this earlier, but I guess not. While researching the TX5C, I saw a lot of comparisons to the Great River PWM-501. They both offer fairly quick responding compression, but the TX5C edges it out. They also both have the feedback and feed-forward options. They are different style of compressors. The TX5C is a voltage controlled amplifier compression and the PWM-501 is a pulse width modulation compression. From what I gathered the TX5C is a bit more aggressive and the PWM-501 is a bit more round. Ultimately researching the TX5C, I discovered that the PWM-501 was more what I was looking for right now. I imagine I will try some of their stuff out, but ultimately ordered the Great River compressor. I also read how it plays really nice with the Great River Harrison 32EQ, which I already own. I am looking forward to hearing your results!

Cole

colejustesen wrote:

JerEvil wrote:

colejustesen wrote:I was watching a Tonelux compressor, and got notified someone made an offer... It must have been you lol.

Cole

He accepted at $375. Well worth it. He has one more.

That is a great price! Congrats!

I was trying to find where Tonelux are made. Are they made in the USA?

EDIT: I thought I posted this earlier, but I guess not. While researching the TX5C, I saw a lot of comparisons to the Great River PWM-501. They both offer fairly quick responding compression, but the TX5C edges it out. They also both have the feedback and feed-forward options. They are different style of compressors. The TX5C is a voltage controlled amplifier compression and the PWM-501 is a pulse width modulation compression. From what I gathered the TX5C is a bit more aggressive and the PWM-501 is a bit more round. Ultimately researching the TX5C, I discovered that the PWM-501 was more what I was looking for right now. I imagine I will try some of their stuff out, but ultimately ordered the Great River compressor. I also read how it plays really nice with the Great River Harrison 32EQ, which I already own. I am looking forward to hearing your results!

Cole

The box says “Designed in the USA”. Sweetwater’s site says all the stuff is MADE in the USA.

I’ll ask my boy Alain. He’s the guy what turned me in to the brand initially.

EDIT:
Just saw YOUR edit! Lol. Yeah the GR stuff looks awesome. Hopefully he’ll get mine shipped quickly.

I was wondering because the price was in the range that seemed a bit higher than import stuff, but but as high as most American made stuff. They look well made though.

Cole

colejustesen wrote:I was wondering because the price was in the range that seemed a bit higher than import stuff, but but as high as most American made stuff. They look well made though.

Cole

Yeah they’re really quite reasonable. Maybe they save costs with making their own op amps and transformers? I’m going to call and ask them since I’ll likely make vids on the Pre’s and Compressor. This way I can speak to where they’re made.

colejustesen wrote:I was wondering because the price was in the range that seemed a bit higher than import stuff, but but as high as most American made stuff. They look well made though.

Cole

OK so I just got off the phone with them, and what they said was everything is designed and full assembly here in the states, but things like the metalwork and paint are from vendors overseas. So a bit of a hybrid. Again, full hand assembly and QC is done here, so that’s still pretty cool. At their price point, that’s still pretty solid I think.

That is a great price for that kind of product. Thanks for clarifying that for me!

Cole

Sorry I don't get over to this section enough. As per your request. I have a ton of rack pres and stuff but this is the Lunchbox.



I have 2 Hairball Audio FET/500 Rev. F I need to build and will need another Lunchbox.

colejustesen wrote:That is a great price for that kind of product. Thanks for clarifying that for me!

Cole

Yeah man!

I grabbed the Radial X-amp 500 and the Tonelux EQ.

ibenhad wrote:Sorry I don't get over to this section enough. As per your request. I have a ton of rack pres and stuff but this is the Lunchbox.



I have 2 Hairball Audio FET/500 Rev. F I need to build and will need another Lunchbox.

Nice! Definitely looking at some full size pres. The Neve 5211 looks killer. I was looking at some of the CAPI stuff but not sure if the build is beyond my soldering capabilities

Sweet Jer! I think that the concentric pots design is a great way to pack features with the limited real estate.

Have you had a chance to compare the DI on the MP5A to the Rupert Neve DI I sent you? I haven't tried the DI on my BAE 312a preamp yet.

Cole

The LaChapell 583s are pretty awesome. He actually gets the proper tube voltage to the tube which many do not/cannot in the 500 series gear. I would love to get the 583e which adds EQ. I will try and get some pics of the rack pres. Can never have too many tonal options.

colejustesen wrote:Sweet Jer! I think that the concentric pots design is a great way to pack features with the limited real estate.

Have you had a chance to compare the DI on the MP5A to the Rupert Neve DI I sent you? I haven't tried the DI on my BAE 312a preamp yet.

Cole

Actually working on a comparison clip of:
Focusrite Hi-Z vs RNDI vs Tonelux

All I know is I tried the Pre > Comp for bass and it was AWESOME!

ibenhad wrote:The LaChapell 583s are pretty awesome. He actually gets the proper tube voltage to the tube which many do not/cannot in the 500 series gear. I would love to get the 583e which adds EQ. I will try and get some pics of the rack pres. Can never have too many tonal options.

Nice!

The Chandler TG2's are next for me I think.

I'll add these to the OP as well, but finally have a full proper channel strip sorted PLUS and additional pre.

Here's the compressor. It came in few days ago:


And just got the EQ today:


And here's everything in so far...


The pre's make a really nice difference, especially on the Torpedo. I keep them "always on" with it. The "Tilt EQ" on the pre's makes a nice touch for tracking and just adding a little girth or air depending. When I am doing bass or vocals, I remove the second one from the Torpedo and then run Pre > Comp > EQ as a chain.

Tried the Pre/Comp the other day when the comp got here as a bass chain and it was awesome! Going to keep this rack all guitar, bass and vocal tracking stuff. Will do another for mix bus and various "other" needs. Looking at some full size hardware as well.