Channel strip
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A channel strip is a device that allows the output of an audio device to be amplified to a line level and integrated into some other system. An audio channel strip may be a stand alone unit or one of many units built into a mixing desk. It usually includes a microphone preamp with a switchable phantom power
voltage to drive condenser microphones and some form of audio equalization
. Some designs also offer other facilities including audio compression
, de-essing
, noise-gating and limiting
.
Some examples of stand-alone channel strips are manufactured by the following companies:
Phantom power
Phantom power, in the context of professional audio equipment, is a method for transmitting DC electric power through microphone cables to operate microphones that contain active electronic circuitry....
voltage to drive condenser microphones and some form of audio equalization
Equalization
Equalization, is the process of adjusting the balance between frequency components within an electronic signal. The most well known use of equalization is in sound recording and reproduction but there are many other applications in electronics and telecommunications. The circuit or equipment used...
. Some designs also offer other facilities including audio compression
Audio compression
Audio compression may refer to:*Audio compression , a type of lossy compression in which the amount of data in a recorded waveform is reduced for transmission with some loss of quality, used in CD and MP3 encoding, Internet radio, and the like...
, de-essing
De-essing
De-essing is any technique intended to reduce or eliminate excess sibilant consonants such as "s", "z" and "sh" in recordings of the human voice. Excess sibilance can be caused by compression, microphone choice and technique, and even simply a singer's mouth...
, noise-gating and limiting
Limiting
Limiting: Any process by which a specified characteristic of the output of a device is prevented from exceeding a predetermined value....
.
Some examples of stand-alone channel strips are manufactured by the following companies:
- AphexAphexAphex may refer to:*Aphex Systems, a maker of audio processing equipment*Aphex Twin, a Welsh-Cornish electronic music artist...
- GMLGMLGML may refer to:* Middle Low German , a language used around the North Sea and the Baltic Sea from 1100 to 1600* Gostomel Airport , an international cargo airport, near Kiev, Ukraine* Gradient Multi-Layer nano-film...
- PreSonusPreSonusPreSonus Audio Electronics, Inc. is an American manufacturer of recording and live sound equipment, founded in January 1995 by engineers Jim Odom and Brian Smith, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana...