Crane Song Insigna
500-series tube EQ (coloring/shaping, 3-band + hi/lo cut filters)
Equalizer$1,299Manufacturer list price
Specifications
- Type
- Equalizer
- Description
- 500-series tube EQ (coloring/shaping, 3-band + hi/lo cut filters)
- Topology
- tube (12AX7) dual-triode, buffered RC negative-feedback EQ stages, shielded Lundahl output transformer, stepped Grayhill frequency switches
- Signal path
- Analog
- Channels
- 1
- Channel format
- mono
- Form factor
- 500-series module
- Connection
- 500-series (API 500 / VPR Alliance format)
- Powered
- yes (500-series rack powered)
- Introduced
- 2015
- Country of manufacture
- USA
Details
Controls: HF shelf (7 frequencies + AIR band), LF shelf (8 frequencies), mid peak/parametric (8 frequencies), high-pass filter (7 freq, 24dB/oct), low-pass filter (7 freq, 24dB/oct), +/-12dB boost/cut per band, hard bypass
I/O: Balanced input/output via 500-series edge connector
Notable use: Reviewed favorably by Audio Media International (Aug. 2015) for vocal, kick, and snare coloration
Notes: Price ($1,299) is corroborated by both a 2015 magazine review ('street' price) and current web-search dealer aggregation, giving it higher confidence than most other street-price figures in this dataset, though it may still be dated.