Updated! New Videos Join Barry Rudolph’s Top Recording Products At The 2010 Winter NAMM Show

Old Is New Again Hardware!
Pete’s Place and Orphan Audio showed the “resurrected” Electrodyne 501 mic pre-amp and 511 EQ both ready for Series 500 racks.

After about 1975, I would have never expected to ever hear the awesome Electrodyne sound again.

The original consoles were fantastic, short signal path wonders.

It is only because Ken Hirsch’s (Orphan Audio founder and designer) passion for the brand and meticulous dedication to preserving the sonic authenticity of the original products that this stuff is now available.

The Electrodyne 501 is a two-stage, discrete transistor, transformer-coupled preamp with active DI based primarily on the modules found in the classic 1608 console.

It has 68 dB of gain, -20 dB pad, and output level pot.

Electrodyne 501 and 511 (click to enlarge)

The Electrodyne 511 is a classic two-band, discrete transistor, reciprocal, active inductor-based equalizer using late-’60s/early-’70s design technology.

It has ±12 dB of boost and cut and four selectable frequencies per band.

Both the 501 and 511 deliver a maximum output of almost +30 dBm into 600 ohms and they come with ’70s NOS Electrodyne knobs from the original factory. More about the Electrodyne 501 and 511 here.

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Barry Rudolph is a veteran L.A.-based recording engineer as well as a noted writer on recording topics. Be sure to visit his website, and also check out his related articles, “A Wide Variety Of Microphone Techniques For Recording Drums” and Studio Microphone Techniques To Get A Great Electric Guitar Sound.