Little Labs Redcloud 8810U8ERS
Passive Line Attenuator
Hardware Effects$390Manufacturer list price
Specifications
- Type
- Hardware Effects
- Description
- Passive Line Attenuator
- Topology
- Fully passive, 5k-ohm impedance rotary attenuator design; 8 rotary balanced faders with stepped volume controls, for post-mic-preamp line-level attenuation
- Signal path
- Analog
- Channels
- 8
- Channel format
- Stereo or mono selectable per channel pair
- Form factor
- 1U rack
- Rack units
- 1U
- Connection
- DB25
- Powered
- No (fully passive, unpowered device)
- Impedance (Ω)
- 5000
Details
Controls: 8 rotary stepped attenuator faders
I/O: Two DB25 connectors (standard analog multichannel connector) for 8 channels of balanced I/O
Notable use: Originally developed for recording engineer Don Smith ('Redcloud'), known for work with the Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, and Stevie Nicks, to attenuate post-mic-preamp line signals when running preamps hot
Notes: FLAG device_class judgment call: Redcloud is a fully passive 8-channel attenuator pack with no dedicated leaf in the provided taxonomy; 'Hardware Effects' used as the closest available catch-all for this studio-utility outboard box — not a processor in the traditional sense (no gain, no active circuitry). Not explicitly named in the original research brief's product list but included per the golden-rule instruction to cover ALL current products on littlelabs.com. price_usd basis: Sweetwater listed price (July 2026 search snapshot), not independently confirmed on retailer's own page (WebFetch blocked, 403). Country of manufacture and year introduced not published.