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Great condition, smoke free studio. Selling as a pair, both with Royal Blue Neve style colour modules. Includes original boxes. Chroma is the world's first 500 series audio processor with Twin Tone-Amp architecture and the ability to accept real analog plugins for expanding its feature set. Answering the call for a single channel Silver Bullet, Chroma delivers with its twin topology (A or N) line processor and mic amp, but adds an exciting twist - an analog plugin slot accepting Colour Modules. This feature allows additional processing and effects to be inserted into the signal path and mixed with Chroma's classic 'A' or 'N' inspired MOJO Amps.Mic or Mix/Line mode48V phantom powerPolarity reverseMix/Line Gain: 0 to +26 dB, +26 to +52 dB (High Gain mode)Mic Gain: +8 to +34 dB, +34 to +60 dB (High Gain mode)Colour Drive: -6 to +18 dBColour Mix: crossfade blend of processed and dry signalBaxandall Tone boost EQLF (+3 dB): Pultec-inspired Subsonic (30 Hz) and Bass (60 Hz) frequenciesHF (+4 dB): Presence and Air frequenciesVintage: softens high frequency response to emulate vintage British consolesCustom American made transformersROGUE FIVE discrete op amps designed by Louder Than Liftoff, conforming to standard 2520 footprintSignal present indicator and bi-directional meterAll circuit components chosen by ear for maximum MOJORoyal Blue:ROYAL BLUE brings classic British console sound to the Colour format. This circuit was inspired by the 1081 Channel Amplifier used in vintage Neve* 80 Series recording consoles from the 70's. This legendary mic/line preamp and equalizer module featured discrete transistor amplifers and transformer-coupled input and output stages.  Its powerful yet musical equalizer section was state of the art for its time with a whopping 6 bands.  We miniaturized the essence of this classic to fit within the space limitations of the Colour format.  Multiple transistor amplifier stages drive a custom steel output transformer that offers the characteristic big tone one of the original LO2567.  We even recreated the 4.7 kHz Treble shelving EQ per the original circuit and carefully dialed in a fixed 5 dB boost that sounds divine on just about everything.  When ROYAL BLUE is outfitted in Chroma you have control over the amount of boost via the C-MIX knob.  This EQ boost can also be disabled via an onboard solderless jumper.  This meticulously crafted mini-1081 can be used to add hallmark Neve thickness and richness to individual tracks and mixes with aplomb