Grace Design
Introduction
Most of the great professional audio companies are actually small businesses. But, very few of them are small businesses in the mold of Grace Design. Grace Design is a family owned and operated small business that produces some of the finest products for the world of professional music recording. Their company is based in one of the most beautiful places in the world— Lyons, Colorado, one of the small gateway hamlets to the world famous Rocky Mountain National Park. Grace Design makes excellent microphone preamps, instrument preamps and even microphone positioning systems for stereo recording and implementing microphone arrays. However, the company is well-known for producing perhaps the greatest monitor control systems in the world of professional music recording.
Which products from Grace Design that were used by the great engineers and recording studio facilities of the past would be a great fit for the educational space?
From its inception in the early 1990s, Grace Design has created some of the greatest microphone preamps in the business. Their equipment is well-known for its clean and natural sound— whether it be their preamp designs or their monitor controllers. Every product made by the company would be an excellent fit for the educational space. The company’s famed monitor controllers are available in both stereo and immersive formats. Plus, their amazing preamps come in a variety of models— including a singular unit, a 500-series module, a channel-strip unit, a remote controlled (8-channel) unit and both a 2-channel and an 8-channel rackmount unit.
Image: The m905 Reference Stereo Monitor Controller
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Grace Design— m905 Reference Stereo Monitor Controller
The Grace Design m905 is a stereo-based reference monitor controller. This product is one of the most sought-after by artists, engineers, musicians and producers who have small recording studio facilities that may not possess an analog console. As a monitor controller, it will allow you to have the ability to control multiple speaker or monitor systems in your facility and to hear your work with pristine clarity. It is an essential element and would make an excellent studio centerpiece for any recording studio facility and editing or mastering suite.
Image: The m908 Stereo/Surround/Immersive Reference Monitor Controller
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Grace Design— m908 Stereo/Surround/Immersive Reference Monitor Controller
The Grace Design m908 is one of the most technologically advanced units available in the world of professional music recording. It allows artists, engineers, musicians and producers to work in stereo, surround and in the new Dolby Immersive sound formats. It is the link that allows the most advanced recording studio facilities in the world to be able to do their work each and every day. This unit is the perfect centerpiece for any recording studio facility in the educational space that wants to work in one of the new immersive sound formats.
Image: The m501 500-Series Microphone Preamplifier (10 units in a 500-series chassis)
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Grace Design— m501 500-Series Module Microphone Preamplifier
The m501 is a 500-series module microphone preamplifier from Grace Design. Known for their fabulous microphone preamps, this is the only version that is available in the 500-series format. This preamp is easy to use and sounds excellent on a wide variety of source materials. Their preamps are highly sought-after and this particular incarnation now makes them both portable and available for smaller recording studios and educational spaces, alike. Keep in mind, it is a 500-series module and therefore it will require the use of a compatible 500-series chassis.
Image: The m801mk2 Microphone Preamplifier
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Grace Design— m801mk2 High Fidelity 8 Channel Microphone Preamplifier
This amazing unit gives artists, engineers, musicians and producers access to eight of the very best microphone preamps in the world of professional music recording. Since 1994, this unit has been one of the flagship offerings from the company and helped to put the company on the map as one of the very best in the business. In 2014, the unit was updated to its present incarnation which contains an even cleaner signal path and a special mode for using ribbon microphones seamlessly. This unit would be an excellent fit for the educational space.
Why should an educational institution invest in products from Grace Design?
Grace Design is a small, family owned and operated professional audio company. Their product offerings are some of the finest in the world of professional music recording and are sought after by professional artists, engineers, musicians and producers around the world. The company is well-known for its amazing personal touch with their products and friendly customer-service. For an educational institution that is trying to create a space for their students to record their projects, the products from Grace Design would be a perfect fit. Their products are not just incredibly well-designed and engineered, but each one is also very easy to use, durable and sound fantastic on a wide array of sources.
If you would like more information about Grace Design and the amazing products that were discussed in this article, please use the following links which are listed below.
Grace Design m905 Reference Stereo Monitor Controller
Grace Design m908 Stereo/Surround/Immersive Reference Monitor Controller
Grace Design m501 500-Series Module Microphone Preamplifier
Grace Design m801mk2 High Fidelity 8 Channel Microphone Preamplifier
The following link will take you to the Grace Design website where you can learn more about this legendary corporation and also, find an authorized dealer for their fabulous products in your area.
Special Note: Each of the images in this article appear through the courtesy and generosity of the wonderful people at Grace Design.
Special Thanks— At The Recording Session Vault Educational Website Project, we would like to take a moment to express our thanks and appreciation to Eben Grace at Grace Design for his time and assistance with this article.