Design concept for Little Labs, prepared by The Recording Club. Not affiliated with Little Labs.
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Balanced attenuator pack

Redcloud

Eight passive rotary faders on a DB25, made for Don Smith.

Born out of necessity for recording engineer Don Smith, aka Redcloud (Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, Stevie Nicks), who liked lots of gain on his mic pre amps but needed a simple, flexible way to attenuate the post mic pre line level signals.

Redcloud, front
what it does

THE REDCLOUD 8810U8ERS Compact 8-channel balanced attenuator pack

Plug the Redcloud into your db25 modular patch bay and patch it in anywhere you need high-quality passive attenuation (more places than you might initially think). The Redcloud 8810U8ERS will be a must-have accessory in any engineer's toolbox!

Features

  • 8 rotary balanced faders
  • DB25 standard analog I/O
  • Stereo or mono selectable
  • Tracks left to right accurately
  • Passive 5k ohm impedance
  • Pre Pro Tools attenuation
  • Post mic pre attenuation
  • Stepped volume controls
  • Up to 32 faders in a 1u rack
format
Quarter rack, 1U. Up to 32 faders in 1U.
built
Los Angeles, by Little Labs
documentation
2 PDFs on this page
the other sides
Redcloud, rear
Redcloud, rear
how it patches in

Where it sits in the chain

Little Labs draws these by hand. They are kept on a white ground here because that is how they read.

Application diagram for the Redcloud
Application diagram, published by Little Labs
Application diagram for the Redcloud
Application diagram, published by Little Labs
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