Offered here in a stylish ebony finish, the Dangerous Music MASTER is a mastering-grade transfer console that gives you essential tools for making critical decisions in mastering. The MASTER provides seamless insert switching for your stereo gear, flawless stereo tracking between left and right channels, offset gain adjustments for precisely level-matched before/after comparisons, and euphonic mid/side processing for extensive mix control. It does all of this while preserving the sound and performance of your analog gear.
Befitting the mastering environment, the controls are stepped for precise recall. Patch three pieces of stereo gear into the signal path—or seven, if you pair this console with the separately available Dangerous LIASON. Turn your favorite EQ into an M/S processor by patching it into Insert 2, and adjust the whole M/S balance of the mix with an overall width control. Feed the unit with two sets of stereo inputs and output simultaneously three sets of stereo outputs. If gain-staging is important to your analog workflow, you'll find the MASTER indispensable.
To put it another way: this mastering console really ties the rig together.
When you're working in analog, gain-staging is key to the craft, and the MASTER's separate input controls allow you to hit your outboard gear's sweet spot, compensating at the main stereo output stage to feed your catching A/D, tape machine, or other capture device to ensure the optimal sound from your rig.
Patch your equalizer into Insert 2, and you can manage a harsh vocal or a strident snare in the middle of a mix, leaving the double-tracked, hard-panned guitars largely untouched. Maybe you need to tame some widely panned cymbals, all while maintaining vocal air and articulation at the center of the mix. This too is possible.