The Fat Track is a complete tube solution for tracking, summing and monitoring.
Designed to be the centerpiece of any home, project or semi-professional studio, it combines some of the best-loved features of TL Audio products into one compact unit, adding warmth and sonic pleasure to all recordings and mixes!
Use the Fat Track to capture your recordings with premium TL Audio tube preamps and 3 band swept EQ, or use for mix down and summing with up to 4 stereo and 2 mono returns.
Fully featured master and monitor section with alternative loudspeaker mode, 2 headphone outputs with level control, effects return, balanced insert on stereo bus and channels, tape out, and I/O switchable between +4 / -10.
All connectors are handily placed at the rear top of the unit for quick, easy cable changes and the unit can also be fitted with the TL Audio DO-8 ADAT Expansion for easy digital connectivity.
Designed for the producer, musician, singer/songwriter, engineer or general enthusiast, the Fat Track caters for every requirement, is easy to use and produces fantastic, professional results.
Why did TL Audio create the Fat Track?
The Fat Track concept was driven by feedback from TL Audio's customers and how they use thier studios. The majority of home, project and semi-professional studios commented that they rarely record multiple inputs simultaneously. Therefore, the Fat Track only provides 2 input channels that can be used for mic (inc 48V), instrument or line, with premium tube preamps, smooth musical sounding 3 band swept British EQ, effects send and balanced inserts.
TL Audio's market research also highlighted that many musicians mix within their DAW but find something is missing in their final mix. With the Fat Track's mix down facility you can mix up to 4 stereo and 2 mono returns to add warmth and depth to your final mix with an addition twin tube stage at the master output. There are also balanced inserts on the stereo bus for patching in a compressor / limiter / EQ for mastering!
Why Tubes?
With the proliferation of digital audio and all it’s acknowledged advantages, the growth in demand for tube products has one very obvious justification... great sound.
Tubes offer a wide variety of sounds from completely ’clean‘ to ’full-on overdrive‘ which are invaluable when used in conjunction with digital audio, resulting in a less ’sterile‘ more ’analogue‘ sound. It would be difficult to describe every sound between these extremes but there are three quite distinctive sounds that occur below, on and above the signal clipping point.
Clean Sound - where no perceptible overdrive is audible. But even when a tube operates well below its point of audible overdrive, it still exhibits an amount of sound compression, or sustain. Often described as ’warmth‘.
Fuller, Creamier Sound - where the tube is pushed into subtle overdrive at the start of notes and chords, decaying into a cleaner sound.
Overdriven Sound - delivering long sustain and smooth distortion.
All TL Audio products feature Tubes.
Where are certain points in a signal path where the presence of a tube enhances signal quality. The skill in tube product design is in knowing where to place the tubes and how to combine them with state-of-the art solid state circuitry in order to achieve maximum sonic benefit. Simply putting more tubes in the signal path will not necessarily guarantee a warmer or better sound. Our acclaimed microphone pre amp design, for instance, offers superb performance: low noise, wide bandwidth, high slew rate and very low distortion when combined with a secondary tube pre amp stage produces outstanding audio. We use patented transistor circuitry between tube stages to ensure maximum power transfer.
The Fat Track is now available at an exclusive price from Digital Village online, in-store or via telephone mail-order. If you wish to discuss any aspect of your studio production or you are looking for a package deal, for example, the Fat Track and a DO-8 package bundle, please contact any DV Pro Audio Store.