CAPI VP26

CAPI VP26 is a pre-amp for the 500 series, manufactured by CAPI.

History
The CAPI VP26 was released in 2009.

Official description
Classic Audio VP26

The VP26 mic preamp is a clone of the mic preamps found in 70's API consoles. Nothing has been changed, and all the "flaws" that make these consoles sound so great have been faithfully implememted. There is really nothing else like this on the market that I know of which delivers this sound, especially at this low price.

Features


 * 60dB of gain provided by a 2520 style opamp, I regularily stock the GAR2520, GAR1731, and the SL2520 Red Dot.
 * -20dB Pad switch, polarity switch, and mute switch.
 * Fast drain 48V Phantom power.
 * Output attenuator which allows you to drive the opamp and 2623 output transformer HARD and attenuate back down to digital safe levels (this is something rarely implemented on Api style preamps, and makes for a huge variety of tones).