Radiator

About

Vintage Vibe, Drive and the Magic Tone of the 1567A Tube Mixer. A Beast on Bass and Drums.

Introducing Radiator, a dual drive tube input channel and EQ, based on the classic Altec 1567A tube mixer from the 1960s.

The original Altec 1567A hardware was a rack-mounted five-input tube mixer with removable transformers, a simple two-knob EQ, an unmistakable green faceplate, and a whopping 97 dB of gain. The sound, by today’s standards, is coloured and gritty, with a heaping helping of good old-fashioned hardware noise. In its day, it was used on many early Motown hits and found its way into the PA racks of countless churches and school auditoriums across the USA.

The unmistakable green-faced Altec gear, and in particular the 1566A and 1567A, played a big part in shaping the early “sound” of Motown between 1961 to 1964. Songs by greats like The Four Tops, The Marvelettes and The Supremes went through a 1567A mixer to the massive three-track recorder. Ahhh, when life was simple.

Features

• Analog-modelled tube mixer with EQ
• Independent input and output amplification stages each add their own character
• Bring the sound of a Motown-era classic to your DAW
• Load the transformers two different ways with the Mic/Line switch for different sounds