Hi,
I'm looking for any recommendations regarding rack-mount equipment.
I'm toying with the idea of building a small 19", [n]U rack w/ old-school analog gear (such as tube compressors, tube preamps, tape decks, eqs etc.) to supplement my home studio rig. The intention is to run signal through it to saturate the sound with analog fuzz before running it back to digital recording equipment w/ high sampling rate. I've found that particular sound quality to be virtually impossible to reproduce with software.
My initial idea is to be able to divide the signal in two separate audio paths in order to be able to independently process subs/lows w/ bass preamps/compressors, and to be able to do the same procedure with mids and highs using standard amps/compressors. 4-channel I/O parametric eq also seems like a good idea. The cherry on top would be a rack mount tape deck for adding extra grittiness.
I'm not really interested in high-quality, clean-sounding, studio grade gear, quite the opposite. iZotope Ozone is good enough for achieving a selective, hi-tech sound.
Any ideas, suggestions will be highly appreciated. I'm looking for suggestions regarding brands, models, European stores where I can buy affordable 2-nd hand rack-mount gear.
Thanks.
