Rupert Neve Portico 517 500 Series Lunchbox Preamp/DI/Compressor

General

The Rupert Neve Portico 517 is a 500-series module that includes a microphone and instrument preamp, as well as a compressor, among many other useful features. A preamp packed with extras in a compact module that takes up only 1 unit in your enclosure. Besides the microphone amp with up to 66 dB of gain, it has a high-impedance instrument input. The blend knob allows both inputs to be mixed together. For example, you can combine the direct signal of a bass guitar with an amplifier and microphone. So you can determine the ideal combination yourself. Also ideal for those who play amplified harmonica.

Silky smooth transformer saturation and compression

Once you have found the perfect balance, you can solve any phase problems with the switch or the vari-phase, which allows you to shift the phase very precisely. You then apply compression as required. The 'silk' switch activates a unique circuit that slightly overdrives the output transformer, giving your signal that silky smooth and warm sound Rupert Neve is known for. The through-jack on the front panel allows you to loop the unmodified signal from the instrument input to an amplifier or other device.