Dangerous Music has announced a redesign of its 2-Bus analogue summing device with the launch of the 2-Bus+.

The 2-Bus+ is a 2U-high rack unit, 16-channel analogue summing mixer, with both XLR and D-sub inputs. New features include three custom audio processors to add tone and colour to mixes. The Harmonics processor is a tuned harmonic distortion generator executed in parallel-processing mode with a blend control, Paralimit is a FET limiter on stun, also in parallel mode. Both of these processors can be applied across the stereo mix, or on a pair of stems. X-Former inserts a pair of custom transformers on the stereo mix and has a control for core saturation. All three tone controls can be active at once, and the order of signal flow through distortion and limiting can be flipped.

‘We went with a clean slate when designing the new 2-Bus+ while retaining the sonic feel and identity that made the original 2-Bus,’ says Dangerous Music President, Bob Muller. ‘We managed to beat the original design specs and achieve superior crosstalk, distortion and noise floor performance for even greater imaging, punch and centre focus. Two years of exhaustive experimentation and development yielded the three unique on-board audio processors that infuse colour and tone to individual stems or to the stereo mix, with the simple push of a button and twist of a knob. At Dangerous we believe tonal coloration is an artistic choice that varies greatly from project to project. The 2-Bus+ allows the engineer to be selective about when, where and how to apply colour as opposed to a sonically one-dimensional box forcing itself on every mix. We craft tools to empower the artist.’

The Dangerous 2-Bus+ is expected to be available through dealers worldwide in Q3 2015 at a street price of US$2,999.

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