Rupert Neve Designs 5060 Centerpiece 24x2 Desktop Mixer

The class-A analog heart of your 21st-century studio.

Sized for your desktop, the 5060 puts the tonality and center section features of Rupert’s flagship 5088 console at your fingertips, cementing outboard together with serious custom transformers, flexible monitoring, DAW transport controls, and the raw power of a Rupert Neve-designed 24×2 mix-bus.

With custom transformers, a class-A mix bus and variable Silk Red & Blue, the 5060 can provide a wide range of tonal flavors. Drive the mix bus hard and crank the Texture knob for a rich, saturated, vintage vibe – or disengage Silk entirely for clear, wide-open sonic beauty.

The Silk circuit reduces the negative feedback on the output transformer, adding harmonic content as the Texture is increased. Silk Red mode adds a sparkle & sheen to your mixes by accentuating the saturation in the high mids and highs, while Silk Blue amplifies saturation in the lows and low mids to add unparalelled weight & punch.

With Silk engaged, the 5060’s distortion characteristics and harmonic content are very reminiscent of many of Rupert’s class-A vintage designs – but here, these characteristics are fully variable. These controls add an unparalleled range of tonal options to the 5060, and open up a whole new world of sonic exploration.

With a modular, hybrid analog/digital mix system built around the 5060, you can outfit your studio with exactly what you need – and nothing that you don’t.

Utilizing modern DAW control technologies, the 5060 seamlessly integrates stem outputs from the DAW with the rest of your control room, sums the final mix, and provides 2-track outputs, source selection, and up to three speaker feed outputs from the monitor section.

Used in conjunction with Rupert Neve Designs’ other summing products and outboard equipment, the 5060 Centerpiece forms the core of a scalable analog system. In this arrangement, additional summing mixers provide expandable channel counts and aux routing capabilities, Shelford modules provide preamplification, EQ, and dynamics, and the Centerpiece unites it all. The 5060 brings your dreams of a seamless hybrid workflow to reality.

• Stereo Input Channels 1-8
A professional grade 100mm fader determines the level of stereo input channels 1-8, with up to +10dB of additional line gain. Channels 1-8 can be either stereo or center-panned mono (via switches on the rear panel), and have both mute switches and inserts. The insert send of channels 1-2, and 3-4 has optional talkback assignment for use when feeding channels 1-8 through the 5060 to multichannel cue systems. The insert sends on channels 1-8 may also be used as a pre-fader send to a multi-track recorder.

• Stereo Inputs Channels 9-24
Eight active stereo inputs with rotary faders for stem and aux inputs.

• Stereo Bus Master
A 100mm stereo fader provides level control for the master stereo bus, outputting to both the stereo bus monitor signal and the stereo master output. For adding compression and EQ to the mix bus, there is also a transformer-coupled insert engaged by the Insert switch.

• Texture & Silk Red / Blue
Continuously variable Texture controls with Silk Red and Silk Blue modes allow the engineer to fine-tune the harmonic ratio and tonality of the 5060’s outputs – or to leave each mix pristine and uncolored. The Silk Red mode accentuates the transformer saturation in the highs and high-mid frequencies to add a “sparkle” to the mix, while Silk Blue accentuates the saturation of the lows and low-mid frequencies to add thickness and density – especially useful for dry, somewhat anemic mixes.

• Talkback
The included talkback mic is activated by depressing the Talkback switch. The Talkback has level control, a direct out, and assignment to insert sends 1-2 & 3-4. When the talkback switch is depressed, the speaker output levels are lowered according to the setting of the Dim control. A talkback remote may also be plugged into the ¼” talkback remote input on the back of the 5060.

• Transport Controls
Standard transport functions in DAWs including play, stop, record, fast-forward, rewind, loop, shuttle / jog and marker drop are controlled through MIDI or USB interconnection.

• Monitor Source
Selects the monitor source from between the stereo bus and three external monitor inputs.

• Monitor Select
Selects which speaker output is active. By holding the Mon 3 button, the Mon 3 outs will “latch” on, allowing both Mon 1 & 2 to be used with subwoofers or speakers in the cutting room.

• Headphone Amplifier
A class-A reference-grade headphone amplifier with headphone level control. The headphone signal follows the selection of the monitor select.

• Monitor Level
A precision 21-step attenuator provides highly accurate left/right stereo tracking, perfect repeatability, and determines the level of the monitor output.

• Meters
VU meters display the RMS signal level of the selected monitor source, and the peak indicator illuminates red when the peak threshold has been exceeded.

• Dim
Engaged when either the Dim or Talkback switch is depressed, Dim reduces the monitor volume between -6dB and -30dB.

• MAX INPUT LEVEL
Channels 1 - 8, fader at 0dB: greater than +26 dBu
Channels 9 - 24, level trim at 0dB: greater than +22 dBu

• STEREO OUTPUTS
Unless otherwise specified, frequency is 1 kHz.

MAX OUTPUT LEVEL
Any combination of inputs: greater than +27 dBu

THD+N
Channels 1 - 8, fader at unity, BW <10 Hz – 80 kHz
+20 dBu, 20 Hz: 0.03%
+20 dBu, 2 kHz: 0.003%
+20 dBu, 20 kHz: 0.02%

Channels 9 - 24, trim at unity, BW <10 Hz - 80 kHz
+20 dBu, 20 Hz: 0.03%
+20 dBu, 2 kHz: 0.004%
+20 dBu, 20 kHz: 0.02%

NOISE (BW 22 Hz - 22 kHz)
Channels 1 - 24 at unity: Better than -90 dBV
Channels 9 - 24 at unity, 1-8 muted: Better than -100 dBV

X-TALK
Channel to Channel: better than 60 dB

CMRR
1 kHz input to channel 1, 0 dBu fader at unity: -70 dBu

FREQUENCY RESPONSE
10 Hz to 120 kHz: +/- 0.25 dB

IMD
+4 dBu, CCIF/DFD: Better than 0.0008%

• SILK BLUE / SILK RED (Texture control at maximum)

DISTORTION
+20 dBu in, 20 Hz: Up to 5%
+20 dBu in, 200 Hz: Up to 0.2%

• MONITOR OUTPUTS

MAX OUTPUT LEVEL
1 kHz: +25 dBu

THD+N
+20 dBu, 20 Hz: Better than 0.03%
+20 dBu, 2 kHz: Better than 0.02%
+20 dBu, 20 kHz: Better than 0.02%

MINIMUM LOAD
Monitor and Line Outputs: 3K Ohms

• HEADPHONE OUT

MAX OUTPUT LEVEL
Greater than +20 dBu, unloaded

THD+N
2 kHz into 68 Ohms, 16 dBu output: Better than 0.02%

NOISE
From 22 Hz – 22 kHz: Better than -85 dBV

MINIMUM LOAD (headphone out)
16 Ohms recommended

• PEAK LEDs
Engage Threshold: +22 dBu

• POWER CONSUMPTION
AC Mains, 100VAC to 240VAC, 50/60Hz: 110 Watts Max
Fuses: not user accessible, internal on power supplies

• OPERATING TEMPERATURE RANGE: 0 to 35 degrees C

• STORAGE TEMPERATURE RANGE: -10 to 50 degrees C

• OPERATING HUMIDITY RANGE: 10% to 95% Non-Condensing

• UNIT DIMENSIONS
18.5” W x 12.5” D x 5.75” H
(47 cm W x 31.8 cm D x 14.6 cm H)

• UNIT WEIGHT
22 lbs. (10 kg)

• SHIPPING DIMENSIONS
24” W x 18” D x 12” H
(61 cm W x 45.7 cm D x 30.5 cm H)

• SHIPPING WEIGHT
29 lbs. (13.2 kg)