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The original D-BOX can be found in both project and professional studios worldwide. Its practical fusion of analog summing and monitoring has earned it countless accolades. The D-BOX+ eclipses its predecessor, thanks to an upgraded summing mixer, more speaker outputs, mastering-grade D/A, Bluetooth connectivity, remote operation, and more. This indispensable box will help you achieve that elusive “glued-together” sound, and you’ll hear your mixes like never before — it’s one of the easiest ways to advance your project studio into the pro league. The D-BOX+ — it belongs at the center of your studio.
8 channels of analog summing to pump up your mix
When you bring up Dangerous Audio, the first thing that pops into most people's minds is analog summing. After all, they invented the standalone analog summing mixer in 1999 with their groundbreaking 2-BUS — and the original D-BOX brought this exciting technology to project studios everywhere. The D-BOX+ features an upgraded 8-channel summing mixer that’s guaranteed to inject new levels of headroom, dimensionality, and clarity into your mixes. Get the D-BOX+ and your panning will become more precise. Reverbs and delays will become more engaging. Bass will become punchier, mids more detailed, and highs more open. The D-BOX+ will elevate your mixes.
5 analog and digital inputs — and more — at your fingertips
The D-BOX+ is like a large-format console’s center section. It provides routing and switching for your studio’s inputs and outputs, both analog and digital. Five input sources are at your fingertips: analog stereo, the onboard 8-channel summing mixer, USB, AES/SPDIF, and a wireless stream from any Bluetooth-enabled device. The D-BOX+ also includes three stereo speaker outputs, which can be programmed to be mono and/or to include a subwoofer. Beyond that, you can use the third output as source for an independent sub with individual level and mute control.
Mastering-grade D/A delivers results you can trust
At Sweetwater, we like to say, "if you can't hear it, you can't mix it." That's why we love the D-BOX+. Whether you're placing a mic, tweaking an EQ, or preparing a final master, you'll hear everything. Advanced clock stabilization, top-of-class chipsets, and world-class, audiophile-grade analog circuitry add up to a D/A that’s as powerful as it is nuanced. It delivers true mastering-grade quality you can trust. You also get a pair of top-shelf headphone amplifiers that ensure clean, powerful, and accurate sound that’s tailor-made for fine-grained quality control listening. Thanks to D-BOX+’s no-compromise design, you’ll experience crystal-clear audio fidelity and flawless performance across its entire feature set.
Loaded with pro-studio essentials
Harness your studio’s full potential with the D-BOX+’s comprehensive routing capabilities. Take command of your monitoring with three independent speaker outputs and a programmable speaker selector. Benefit from an onboard talkback mic with push-button activation. Gain remote control over all of the D-BOX+’s major functions (volume, dim, talkback, I/O select, and more) with the free D-BOX+ app for macOS, Windows, iOS, and Android. The D-BOX+ makes a powerful centerpiece for any studio.
Dangerous Music D-BOX+ Summing and Monitoring System Features:
- Upgraded 8-channel analog summing mixer injects headroom, dimensionality, and clarity into your mixes
- 5 input sources: analog stereo, the onboard 8-channel summing mixer, USB, AES/SPDIF, and a wireless stream from any Bluetooth-enabled device
- Switch between inputs and toggle between 3 sets of studio monitors for audio referencing
- Speaker outputs can be programmed to be mono and/or to include a subwoofer
- Mastering-grade D/A includes advanced clock stabilization, top-of-class chipsets, and world-class analog circuitry
- Top-shelf headphone amplifiers are tailor-made for fine-grained quality control listening
- Onboard talkback mic with push-button activation
- Free D-BOX+ app supplies remote control over all of the D-BOX+’s major functions (volume, dim, talkback, I/O select, and more)
| Dangerous Music's MASTER brings the amazing analog sound and functionality of previous Dangerous boxes to the mastering world with a truly unique approach that will give your projects an edge over your competitors. Three insert points are front-panel switchable for integrating external analog processing and there's something special lurking behind the S&M Width knob. With the S&M button depressed, MASTER engages a "Sum or Minus" mode that controls the stereo spread and much more. Every mastering engineer that incorporates outboard gear into their rig needs a MASTER!
Powerful processing at your fingertips
There's truly nothing quite like MASTER. The S&M functionality adds a remarkable element to your mastering arsenal. Imagine being able to modify the frequency content of the program material residing in the left/right aspects of the stereo field without changing the spectrum of the center material. With MASTER, you can. Hit the S&M button, activate insert #2 with a stereo EQ connected, and you can work wonders with the sound. Say the vocals (panned center) sound fine in the mix, but you'd like to brighten the guitars and cymbals a bit (which reside in the left and right panning positions). S&M removes the center material temporarily so you can process the extreme left and right signals without coloring the center material. The S&M Width knob can also modify the width of the overall stereo field. The engineers here at Sweetwater love the flexibility of the MASTER!
A plethora of useful controls
From left to right, you've got L/R Level controls, three buttons that trigger the insertion of outboard gear in the signal path, a button that individually selects which inputs are being processed, a button that triggers Stereo or Middle Sides mode on insert 2, and a button that selects whether the Monitor Output jacks have the Input or Output signal sent to the monitor section. Next up is the Input Monitor Offset. This is very handy to match the input and output levels to listen to the effect of processing without the level difference clouding one's judgment. The engineer can also match input and output level, look down at the scale, and determine the relative gain obtained from the mastering process. This control has a scale of -2 to +8dB in 0.5 dB steps. The S&M Width was covered in depth in the previous paragraph. Lastly, the Output level control dictates the final level that passed on to the A/D convertor.
What the pros are saying about the MASTER:
- "I've never mastered a song without a Dangerous MASTER! And I can't imagine it. With the S&M feature on the MASTER, you can really fix some problems in mixes, and address balance issues... Comparing it to Mid-Side processors in the digital realm I just think it's a 'Day and Night' difference." — Colin Leonard (Mastering Engineer)
- "I'm a huge fan of the Dangerous MASTER's S&M circuitry. It always seems to add an elegant width and depth to the mix. The Dangerous gear has certainly created an advantage. Another reason we have been able to establish ourselves in a highly competitive field is that aside from the gear sounding great...our Dangerous gear has been truly steady and stable." — Emily Lazar (Mastering Engineer)
- "I can't say enough about the quality components and sonic integrity...it doesn't get much better than this. I could hear the difference between AD/DA converters...choosing between them...for each session...has become effortless. I cannot imagine working without the Dangerous MASTER." — Larry DiVivo (TapeOp Magazine)
- "Dangerous Music really got it right with the Dangerous MASTER." — Andrew Mendelson (Mix Magazine)
- "I love all the Dangerous Music equipment. I use the MONITOR ST, the MASTER, and two 2-BUS LTs for my mixing and stem-mastering." — Noël Jackson (Mastering Engineer)
- "The Dangerous MASTER immediately made a huge improvement in the quality of my work. I think it's the cleanest sounding solution available." — Dave McNair (Mastering Engineer)
Dangerous Music MASTER Features:
- Audiophile-grade components yield crystal-clear sound
- 3 insert points are front-panel switchable for integrating external analog processing
- S&M button provides you with integrated Mid-Side processing
- S&M Width knob modifies the width of your overall stereo field
- Stepped controls ensure easy repeatability
- 2 stereo inputs and 3 stereo outputs (1 for monitoring)
- Seamless connection with the Dangerous Liaison
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API’s The Box summing mixer and recording console has been very popular at Sweetwater. Now The Box 2 continues that legacy, offering audio pros worldwide — from professional home recording studios to commercial production facilities — legendary API big-console sound in a compact package, along with expanded flexibility and options for the modern studio workflow. The updated Box console features eight input channels with mic preamp, line input, and highpass filter; eight 500 Series slots, and LED metering for each of its 24 summing channels. The Box 2 still provides the same comprehensive center section, monitoring, and rear-panel connectivity as its predecessor, as well as the popular 0dB bypass switch on each summing channel.
Classic analog warmth and punch
Can’t afford a big API console for your DAW-based studio? No worries. Sporting the same circuitry and performance as API’s esteemed large-format Vision, Legacy Plus, and 1608 boards, The Box 2 is a small-format solution for any studio with a limited budget or space. Designed for professional project studios and production facilities, The Box is perfect for enhancing clinical-sounding digital stems and mixes with classic API analog warmth and punch.
Optimized for the digital era
Optimized as an audio production console for the digital era, The Box delivers all the functionality you don’t get from your DAW, including mic preamps, input signal processing, a high-quality mix bus, cue sends with talkback, monitor control, comprehensive rear-panel connections with balanced inputs and outputs, and much more, while eliminating the redundant capacities of larger boards. You get the legendary all-discrete API sound in a compact, cost-effective package.
With The Box, you are master of your studio
The Box’s comprehensive master section gives you controls for program bus insert and external inputs, aux and cue masters, solo master, VU meters, talkback, and a full-featured monitor section that supports two stereo speaker systems plus headphones. As a bonus, the master section includes a stereo bus compressor, assignable to the program bus or input channels 1–4.
API — a tradition of high-quality audio
In 1968, Automated Processes Inc. began building quality consoles for broadcast applications. Soon the company’s products found favor with recording studios, and a string of industry-leading advancements (including computerized console automation, the first VCA, and more) followed. API produced the 2520 amplifier, one of the most famous op-amps in the recording industry, and their consoles and products found homes in such iconic studio facilities as the Hit Factory, Record Plant, Ocean Way, and Sunset Sound, among others. In fact, there are over 700 classic API consoles around the globe — many of which are still in use. And the company certainly isn’t resting on its laurels; today’s API products give you the same unbeatable combination of utility, innovation, and great sound.
API The Box 2 Summing Mixer and Recording Console Features:
- 8 input channels with mic preamp, line input, and highpass filter
- 8 x 500 Series slots (1 per input channel)
- Direct out on input channels
- Onboard stereo bus compressor, assignable to program bus or input channels 1–4
- Instrument direct inputs on channels 1–4
- 16 summing channels (24 channels during mixdown)
- 0dB bypass switch on each summing channel
- 4-segment LED metering on each summing channel
- Stereo program bus with master fader, insert, and external input
- 1 stereo and 2 mono auxiliary sends/buses
- Stereo cue send/bus and headphone system
- PFL, AFL, and Solo-in-Place solo modes with stereo solo bus
- Full-featured monitor section that supports 2 stereo monitor systems
- Talkback system
- Comprehensive rear-panel connections with balanced inputs and outputs
- Integrated power supply
| 16 Channels of High-end Conversion, Monitoring, and Summing
Sweetwater's Dangerous Music CONVERT-8 D/A Converter with 2-BUS+ Analog Summing Mixer and Cable Kit Bundle gives you high-definition surround reference monitoring for up to 16 channels, mastering-grade front-end playback conversion, and 16 channels of analog summing, plus a cabling kit to get you up and running right out of the box. | High-end Monitoring, Conversion, and Summing Bundle
Sweetwater's Dangerous Music D-Box+, CONVERT-AD+, and CONVERT-8 with Cabling Kit Bundle gives you high-definition surround reference monitoring for up to eight channels, mastering-grade stereo conversion, and eight channels of analog summing, plus a cabling kit to get you up and running right out of the box. |
Drawing from over six decades of analog console design excellence, Rupert Neve Designs’ 5057 Orbit 16-channel summing mixer brings the legendary Rupert Neve sound to your DAW-based studio. Fortified by Rupert’s revered Class A circuits, custom audio transformers, and Silk Red and Blue circuitry for variable harmonic saturation, the 5057 Orbit adds impressive flexibility to your setup, while enhancing lifeless, in-the-box mixes with authoritative weight, warmth, punch, depth, and clarity — without sacrificing the automated convenience of your digital audio workstation.
The sound of hits
The Rupert Neve Designs 5057 Orbit enhances your mixes with the definitive tone, power, and three-dimensional imaging that only a Rupert Neve Class A analog summing mixer can deliver. Bolstered by Rupert’s renowned custom audio transformers and Silk Red and Blue circuitry for variable harmonic saturation, the 5057 takes the sound of your studio to the utmost level of professionalism, yielding radio-ready product that blasts right out of the speakers. Engineers at Sweetwater who have worked on a vintage Neve console agree that magical things start to happen as you push a mix bus into saturation.
Push it
Driving a vintage Neve console into its “sweet zone” created gorgeously musical-sounding, non-linear harmonics that glued so many classic records together with uniquely rich, thick texture. And this is what the 5057 Orbit can do for your studio. Why use an external summing solution that provides little more than a carbon copy of squeaky-clean, in-the-box sound? The 5057 Orbit gives you the best of both worlds: amazing lushness, depth, and harmonic complexity — while retaining all the benefits of your DAW-centered workflow. In the Orbit, Silk saturation starts to realize its full richness as you drive the stereo outputs harder.
Drive it
The 5057 Orbit is fitted with a highly customized dual-tap output transformer configuration originally developed for RND’s renowned Shelford Channel that supplies both a main output and a -6dB output — the latter letting you robustly drive the Orbit to achieve increased transformer harmonics without clipping the next device in your signal chain. This proprietary transformer drive is a hallmark of the inimitable Rupert Neve sound — the sound of countless classic hits.
Purist signal path
With its precision-fixed channel levels, mono summing, and audiophile-quality stepped switching for mix bus attenuation, the 5057 Orbit’s purist signal path exhibits vanishingly low crosstalk and exacting +/-0.1dB channel matching. Rupert Neve Designs’ painstaking engineering results in broad, deep, and pinpoint-accurate stereo imaging that reveals every minuscule detail in your mixes.
The building blocks of your dream studio
While the 5057 Orbit is an extremely valuable tool in and of itself, multiple Orbits may be combined using the rear-panel Link connection for higher channel count. The Orbit is also designed to be deployed as a building block in an expandable summing system that includes the RND 5059 Satellite for flexible summing and routing, and the 5060 Centerpiece for more complex mixing and monitoring needs. These Rupert Neve Designs units are the core of an analog modular console system rivaling that of any world-class conventional studio.
Rupert Neve Designs 5057 Orbit Summing Mixer Features:
- 16-channel +/-21V Class A mix bus delivers massive headroom
- Silk Red and Blue modes with Texture control for precisely dialing in your desired amount of classic tone
- Dual-tap output transformers create rich harmonic character without clipping the next unit in the signal chain
- Mono switches for precisely centering any mono mix elements such as lead vocals, kick, snare, and bass
- Outstanding linearity and accuracy (>+/-0.1dB/channel)
- Ultra-low crosstalk for beautifully open stereo imaging and sonic depth
- Expandable for higher channel count via bus link to other 5057 units
- Fast, repeatable DAW-based recall — plus rich, unparalleled Rupert Neve Designs sound quality
- Robust, compact 1U chassis design with DB-25 inputs and XLR outputs
- Combine with other Rupert Neve Designs summing units to form a world-class modular mix system
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