Radial Engineering HDI Studio-Grade Direct Box with Transformer Saturation

Designed to create exceptional recordings with any instrument, the HDI from Radial Engineering is a studio-quality direct box. It utilizes premium Jensen transformers and a unique Color control that provides an entirely new yet familiar-sounding sonic palette to experiment with.

Despite the complex circuitry housed within, this device features an elegant set of controls that allows the musician or engineer to dial up a record-ready sound with minimal required tweaking. The unit's Level control drives its inputs with instant visual feedback from the responsive front panel meter, while the Color knob provides seamless blending between an ultra-clean tone and amp-style distortion and saturation, letting you add just the right amount of character and grit to your instrument. It includes a smooth Opto compressor that can be engaged to control the input signal's peaks, and a High-Pass Filter clears up excessive low frequencies (LF) added by the Color control. Lastly, the Presence control accentuates the highs and high-mids, offering the ability to cut through the mix with results that are sure to impress.

It has a gunmetal anodized ½" thick-milled front panel along with distinctive styling reminiscent of classic outboard studio equipment which is sure to turn heads in any recording space. The device's custom output meter provides a level check at a glance, with oversized chrome knobs for accurate adjustments and easy on-the-fly tweaking. Not only is it a stunning standalone unit, but it also comes complete with mounting hardware to install into standard 19" equipment racks. One or two HDI's can be installed side-by-side in a 2U rack space, and like all products from Radial, they're built with rugged components and designed to easily stand up to the rigors of concert touring.

Radial Engineering HDI Features:

• Dial-in an amazing tone within seconds
• Blend from ultra-clean to amp-like distortion
• Smooth Opto compressor for peak reduction
• Mic and line-level outputs
• Oversized custom-wound Jensen transformer