Firmly rooted in six decades of console design experience, the 5057 Orbit gives your mixes the legendary tonality, power, and wide-open soundstage that only Rupert Neve’s class-A analog summing can provide. Coupled with Rupert’s famous custom audio transformers and Silk Red & Blue circuitry for variable harmonic saturation, the Orbit launches sterile in-the-box mixes to new heights of tone, depth and clarity – without compromising the recallable convenience and repeatability of your DAW-based workflow.
Rather than using an external summing solution that offers little more than an ultra-clean representation of the in-the-box experience, the Orbit provides the extraordinary richness, harmonic complexity and depth that only a Rupert Neve console can bring to your mixes.
The Orbit utilizes a highly custom output transformer configuration originally developed for the acclaimed Shelford Channel, which provides both a Main Output and a -6dB Output – the latter of which enables you to fully drive the Orbit to achieve more transformer harmonics without clipping the next device in the chain. This unique transformer drive is a hallmark of the sound of Rupert Neve throughout the years – and the sound of countless classic hit records.
• 16 Channel +/- 21V Class-A mix bus for massive headroom
• Silk Red & Blue modes with Texture control to precisely dial in the desired amount of classic tone
• Custom Rupert Neve Designs output transformers create rich harmonic character without clipping the next device in the chain
• Mono switches enable you to precisely center any mono mix elements like vocals, kick, snare and bass
• Exceptional linearity and accuracy, better than +/-0.1dB per channel
• Ultra-low crosstalk for wide open stereo imaging and sonic depth
• Expandable for higher channel count via bus link to other 5057 units
• Repeatable, rapid DAW-based recall while adding the rich, unrivaled sound quality of Rupert Neve Designs
• Robust and compact 1U chassis design with DB25 inputs and XLR outputs
• Combine with other Rupert Neve Designs summing products to create a world-class modular mix system
Controls
• MONO: Push-button switches that allow the user to MONO sum the first eight input channels, in pairs. Each channel is unity gain from input to output.
• SILK: Illuminated push-button switch that toggles between the transformer saturation modes: OFF, RED, BLUE.
• TEXTURE: 31-detent potentiometer that controls the amount of transformer saturation when SILK is engaged.
• SIGNAL LEDS: LEDs that illuminate GREEN to indicate signal is present (-20dBu) and subsequently illuminate RED (+24dBu) when the signal is 2dB below clip point.
• TRIM: 12-position rotary switch that controls the attenuation level of the Main Output and -6dB Output within a tolerance of +/- 0.1dB.
• POWER: Power status indication LED.
• INPUT IMPEDANCE: 16K Ohm
• FREQUENCY RESPONSE:
10 Hz to 50 kHz: +/- 0.1 dB
150 kHz: -3 dB
• NOISE: From 22 Hz - 22 kHz.
-90 dBu typical
• MAXIMUM INPUT LEVEL: @ 1 kHz: +26 dBu
• MAXIMUM OUTPUT LEVEL: @ 1 kHz: +26 dBu
• THD+N%: From 22 Hz - 22 kHz.
0 dBu @ 1 kHz: 0.003%
+20 dBu @ 1 kHz: 0.0006%
• CROSSTALK
1 kHz: -103 dBu
10 kHz: -93 dBu
• PRODUCT DIMENSIONS: 19” W (48.3 cm) x 9” D (22.9 cm) x 1.75” H (4.4 cm)
• SHIPPING DIMENSIONS: 24” L (61 cm) x 13” W (33 cm) x 4” H (10.2 cm)
• SHIPPING WEIGHT: 10 lbs (4.5 kg)
