I was wondering when someone was going to come out with this and it appears Aphex saw an opportunity and seized it. Whether you have a small home studio and hate all of the preamps in the current slew of USB interfaces or are the producer on the go, this rack is perfect for you. What you get is 4 slots for your favorite 500 series pieces, 24bit/96K conversion into your DAW, 2 headphones out based on the Aphex Headpod, and even a standalone 500 Series box. You can even chain together modules to create stereo mix buses or that Purple Audio 1176, Neve 1073, API 550 EQ chain. The world is your oyster.
The USB 500 Rack bridges the gap between the traditionally analog 500 Series workflows and modern DAW workflows by providing a solution for the customer to use 500 Series modules directly with their DAW. Use your favorite mic preamps as inputs directly to your DAW or use your favorite analog compressors & EQs as hardware inserts in your DAW. All while monitoring though the pristine monitor section of the USB 500 Rack, that includes Mono and Dim functions along with two high performance, independent headphone amplifiers.
For even more flexibility, modules can be chained in the analog domain for channel strip operation or linked for stereo compression (see your modules’ linking documentation).
The USB 500 Rack also provides balanced XLR connections for use as a standard analog 500 series rack.
The USB 500 Rack bridges the gap between the traditionally analog 500 Series workflows and modern DAW workflows by providing a solution for the customer to use 500 Series modules directly with their DAW. Use your favorite mic preamps as inputs directly to your DAW or use your favorite analog compressors & EQs as hardware inserts in your DAW. All while monitoring though the pristine monitor section of the USB 500 Rack, that includes Mono and Dim functions along with two high performance, independent headphone amplifiers.
For even more flexibility, modules can be chained in the analog domain for channel strip operation or linked for stereo compression (see your modules’ linking documentation).
The USB 500 Rack also provides balanced XLR connections for use as a standard analog 500 series rack.
The price on this bad boy is $749.00 and no it doesn’t come with any 500 Series modules.
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