Aphex has launched the EX•BB 500 module, bringing the company’s Aural Exciter and Big Bottom audio enhancement technologies to the 500 Series format.

Introduced in 1975, Aphex’s Aural Exciter technology is an established means of enhancing detail, clarity and imaging of a wide variety of audio sources in recording, broadcast, concerts, houses of worship, auditoria, theatres and sports venues. The EX•BB 500 module offers discrete Tune, Harmonics and Mix controls that can be used to increase intelligibility of vocals, add punch and presence to individual instruments and detail to mixes.

Optical Big Bottom processing extends low-frequency power and spectrum even at very low levels, while avoiding the level build-up associated with traditional equalisation. The module includes Tune, Drive and Mix controls, allowing the user to dial-in just the right ‘thickness’ and dynamically enhance the low frequency range.

The 500 Series form factor of the EX•BB 500 module allows a system to provide as many or as few channels of processing as required or as budget allows. The module fits all current 500 Series racks, including those from A Designs, API, Empirical Labs, Radial and Tonelux.

‘Everyone at Aphex is really excited about where we’re headingm’ says Aphex Chairman/CEO David Wiener. ‘We’ve never sounded so good – and we’re going to keep rolling out the hits.’

The mono EX•BB 500 module is the first release in a new line of 500 Series products being launched in 2012 by Aphex.

More: www.aphex.com