diff --git a/.changeset/import-a-designs.md b/.changeset/import-a-designs.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a6d24db09 --- /dev/null +++ b/.changeset/import-a-designs.md @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +--- +"catalog": minor +--- + +Import A-Designs (2 entries). + +Adds the two EM-series 500-slot preamps the catalog was missing, the +EM-Red and the EM-Blue, completing the five-module family alongside the +EM-Gold, EM-Silver and P-1 modules already listed. Both are marked +discontinued: A-Designs now offer only the P-1 and the EM-PEQ from the +500-series line. diff --git a/data/hardware/a-designs-em-blue.yaml b/data/hardware/a-designs-em-blue.yaml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..15f36472f --- /dev/null +++ b/data/hardware/a-designs-em-blue.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +id: oxjdm_zJOrqz4O0sLuNRK +name: EM-Blue Preamp +manufacturer: a-designs +primaryCategory: preamp +categories: + - analog + - di-box + - rack-mount + - outboard + - discontinued +url: https://adesignsaudio.com/em-blue-preamp +description: The brightest preamp in A-Designs' 500-series EM family, built + around a custom-wound nickel output transformer for an airier, top-end + oriented tone, with a -20 dB pad and a front-panel instrument input. No longer + in production. +details: |- + The EM-Blue is the brightest sounding module in A-Designs Audio's 500-series EM family, a line of transformer I/O mic preamps each voiced with a distinct sonic character. It is equipped with a nickel custom-wound output transformer for accentuated highs, producing an airier, more top-end oriented tone than its EM-series siblings. + + A-Designs pitch it as the preamp to pair with an opposite source: a dark-sounding microphone or an alto vocalist opens up through it, and it provides a crisp crack when recording a snare drum. The nickel transformer is also recommended for drawing the highs gently out of ribbon microphones. + + A front-panel direct input takes instruments, and the module carries a -20 dB pad that lets an electric guitar be run hot into it, switching in the pad and cranking the gain for a slight growl. Like the rest of the EM series it is physically compatible with any API or VPR Alliance 500-series mounting device and meets the power rating those racks require. A-Designs no longer offer the module: only the P-1 and the EM-PEQ remain available from the 500-series line. +specs: |- + - Format: 500-series (API/VPR Alliance compatible) + - Output transformer: nickel, custom-wound + - Pad: -20 dB + - Front-panel instrument direct input + - Sonic character: brightest in the EM series, accentuated highs + - Ideal sources: snare drum, ribbon microphones, dark-sounding microphones, alto vocals, electric guitar + - Availability: no longer offered by A-Designs +io: + - key: N2XzUhVb + name: Mic Input + signalFlow: input + category: audio + type: mic + connection: pin + maxConnections: 1 + position: Bottom + - key: 0c7SR3EF + name: Instrument Input + signalFlow: input + category: audio + type: instrument + connection: 1/4-inch + maxConnections: 1 + position: Top + - key: A2Crctog + name: 500-Series Output + signalFlow: output + category: audio + type: line + connection: pin + maxConnections: 1 + position: Bottom + - key: vw1arVXj + name: Power + signalFlow: input + category: power + type: power + connection: pin + maxConnections: 1 + position: Bottom diff --git a/data/hardware/a-designs-em-red.yaml b/data/hardware/a-designs-em-red.yaml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..df1b0726b --- /dev/null +++ b/data/hardware/a-designs-em-red.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +id: MwJ-HXBJFeRV81kkzZnkj +name: EM-Red Preamp +manufacturer: a-designs +primaryCategory: preamp +categories: + - analog + - rack-mount + - outboard + - discontinued +url: https://adesignsaudio.com/em-red-preamp +description: A 500-series microphone preamplifier voiced as the mid-forward + member of the A-Designs EM family, pairing a proprietary input transformer + with a custom-wound steel and nickel output transformer for present midrange + on drums, guitar and acoustic instruments. No longer in production. +details: |- + The EM-Red is the mid-forward member of A-Designs Audio's 500-series EM family, a line of transformer I/O mic preamp modules each voiced with a distinct sonic character through custom-wound transformers. It derives its distinctive tone from a combination of an A-Designs proprietary input transformer featuring a unique winding and a custom-wound steel/nickel output transformer, also built to a proprietary A-Designs alloy ratio. + + The extra midrange push suits a microphone that lacks present mids, or any source that needs to come forward in the mix. A-Designs name drums, guitar, bass guitar and acoustic instruments as its strongest applications, and single out acoustic guitar recorded with a condenser microphone, along with bringing out the resonance and character of rack and floor toms. + + Like the rest of the EM series, the module is physically compatible with any API or VPR Alliance 500-series mounting device and meets the power rating those racks require. Within the family it sits between the darker EM-Silver and the brighter EM-Blue, and its input transformer is also used in the hybrid EM-Gold. A-Designs no longer offer the module: only the P-1 and the EM-PEQ remain available from the 500-series line. +specs: |- + - Format: 500-series (API/VPR Alliance compatible) + - Input transformer: proprietary A-Designs, unique winding + - Output transformer: custom-wound steel/nickel proprietary alloy + - Sonic character: mid-forward, present midrange + - Ideal sources: drums, guitar, bass guitar, acoustic instruments, rack and floor toms + - Availability: no longer offered by A-Designs +io: + - key: 0dbULWKw + name: Mic Input + signalFlow: input + category: audio + type: mic + connection: pin + maxConnections: 1 + position: Bottom + - key: DNhy46B3 + name: 500-Series Output + signalFlow: output + category: audio + type: line + connection: pin + maxConnections: 1 + position: Bottom + - key: Qe14gIhy + name: Power + signalFlow: input + category: power + type: power + connection: pin + maxConnections: 1 + position: Bottom