TUBE-TECH

PRODUCTS OUR USERS

Gear for Life

• Ultimate vacuum tube processors for recording studios.

• Pure tube based audio path and simple, no nonsense circuit design.

• Only the highest quality components are used.

• Not complicated to use and never sounds bad.

• Always easy to hear the action, solo and in your mix.

• TUBE-TECH clearly improves sound quality of your source material.

A CLASSIC BRAND

Electronics designer John G. Petersen shipped the first PE1A program EQ’s in 1985.

John was inspired by the principles behind fine classic tube-based processors, such as Pultec and Teletronic.  Since then, and throughout the intervening years, John has created a wide range of TUBE-TECH units, now considered classics in their own right.

TUBE-TECH gear has played, and continues to play, a very important role in thousands of recordings worldwide.  So many well-known global hits have been either been recorded with, and/or performed on, TUBE-TECH units that we have literally lost count.

Read the TUBE-TECH history 

TUBE-TECH represents the pinnacle of audio production and musical sound shaping. The “Blue Gear” continues its decades-long leadership, impervious to trends, technology, and competition.

TUBE-TECH DESIGN

“Simply put, tubes sound pleasant to the ear. They treat signals with respect. But perhaps more profoundly they place serious constraints on how much circuitry you can build into a unit.

With solid-state design, an engineer is free to ad circuitry with very little penalty, which can start you down the road of “fixing” perceived faults in the design with even more circuitry.

Unfortunately, the end result is usually something that sounds worse than if the original circuit had been improved from the start.

As a result, I have to design very simple circuits.
There’s no “patch” I can use to fix a circuit’s faults. It has to stand by itself.”

John Petersen, Mix Magazine, 2012

USERS

Richard Furch
CL-1B Compressor

A ‘Blanket of Awesome’ on Vocals

Sought-after audio engineer Richard Furch, who has mixed numerous Grammy Award-winning songs and albums for artist such as Prince, OutKast, Chaka Khan, Boyz II Men and countless others, always relies on his CL 1B.

Al Schmitt
SMC-2B Multiband Comp

It Is Always On!

“I use the SMC 2B on everything. I use it on specific instruments and sometimes strapped across the two-track bus with just a tiny bit all the way across. I use it more for the sound, because it just sounds so good and adds warmth.”

Muse
LCA 2B / SMC 2B

Touring the World in Blue

Two LCA 2B compressors handle bass and guitars and an SMC 2B sits in the mix bus, making the high end more pleasing especially over the length of the show. The mid just tickles, a half dB here and there.

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