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Roll Music FOLCROM
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Roll Music FOLCROM Description
Tired of the flat, narrow sound of your Digital Audio Workstation? Do
individual tracks sound full and deep while whole mixes sound lifeless and
thin? Can you go analog without sacrificing the recall ability of the DAW or
parting with the space and money required for a large automated console? Break
out of the box and let your mixes breathe again.
The RMS216 FOLCROM is a high quality passive mixer intended for analog summing
of multichannel digital mixes. The sound is up to you and your preamps.
Each of the Folcrom's sixteen input channels features a balanced analog
connection on standard 8-channel DB25 connectors and a pair of pushbutton
switches to assign that channel to the Left or Right output, neither, or both.
It uses no active circuitry and provides no gain or level controls. By
controlling all aspects of the mix from within the DAW, automation and
recallability are perfectly preserved. Up to 16 different tracks or submixes
can then be routed to the Folcrom for summing in the analog domain.
The absence of faders, EQ, aux sends, pan knobs, or any other superfluous
features not only preserves your software automation, it also allows for an
elegant passive circuit using no amplifiers, ICs, transistors, capacitors, or
transformers whatsoever. The simplicity of the fully balanced, symmetrical
signal path allows the use of no-compromise passive components for an
absolutely transparent signal path. The unit passes signals "from DC to
daylight" without coloration.
The output of the Folcrom is a stereo pair of balanced, 150-ohm signals on XLR
connectors and requires approximately 30-40dB of make-up gain (program
dependent). This signal is ideally suited for feeding into an outboard
microphone preamplifier of your choosing. The mixbus is therefore able to
assume the tonal character of the amplifier, providing a wide range of sonic
flavors. Chances are your mike preamps just sit there unused at mixdown time
anyway. Plug into your Great River MP-2 when you need pristine clarity; or put
those old Telefunken or RCA tube preamps to work when you want super thick
warmth.
By excluding the make-up gain amplifier from the Folcrom, we are able to
provide a unique opportunity for wide tonal control by allowing you to choose
your flavor of make-up gain. At the same time, it enables us to produce an
ultimate quality summing buss without compromise for well under a thousand
dollars. What other analog console can give you so many options, in a single
rack space, and at such a reasonable price?
View Folcrom
Product Brochure (PDF)
View Folcrom
Product Manual (PDF)
Roll Music FOLCROM Specifications
- Input Channels: 16
- Input
Impedance: 10k balanced
- Recommended
Source Impedance: <100
- Maximum
Input Level: +42dB rms
- Output
Channels: 2
- Output
Impedance: 150 balanced
- Recommended
Load Impedance: 1300
- Output
Level: -35dB nominal
- Frequency
Response: 0-500kHz
- Crosstalk
@1kHz: -90dB
- Power
Requirements: None
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Roll Music Folcrom
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Sometimes things just end up so
simple it’s kind of silly. The Folcrom certainly falls into the easy to
understand and use category, with the exception being that the ultimate “sound”
it produces will be all about your makeup gain from your preamp choices during
mixdown. The Folcrom is a very sturdy and well built summing device, it takes
up to 16 balanced inputs via DSUB (Tascam standard) and sums them to a 150oHm
rated stereo output via XLR connectors (150oHm being a common output impedence
for microphones). You have the choice of left or right panning or center, and
overall it’s easier to think in stereo groups.
There is no sound on its own really;
it’s totally dependent on what you would use to makeup gain at the end of the
chain (which is about +35dB needed from a mic preamp). Integrating can be very
easy also as there really isn’t any gain to adjust and all panning is hard
switchable. Got a pair of Neve, API, Daking, A-Designs,
Phoenix Audio or other
preamps? Seriously, you can take great advantage of them to alter the tone of
your mixes when desired.
Conclusion: An easy to use device
for those seeking external summing for DAW setups, you could also use it to
submix effects in any setup if that fits your work pattern. The ability to
choose different preamps for makeup gain make it a unique choice, and likely
the most versatile dedicated “summing mixer” around.
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