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M4 Mastering Console

Crookwood M4 Mastering Console
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Description

M4

The M4 Mastering Console

The M4 mastering console is the perfect device for dealing with modern mastering catering for both analogue and digital monitor sources, but only analogue and record chains. It integrates all of your chosen outboard, converters, DAWs and other machines into one highly efficient and sonically pure control centre, increasing your creativity and speed of operation.

Overview
The M4 mastering console is a powerful integrated machine, comprising of these main elements:

  • Precision Monitor Controller
  • Relay based analogue insert crosspoint router
  • Relay based analogue monitor selector
  • AES digital monitor selector
  • DAC and ADC interfaces

Optionally, precision record level trims and MS controller
All of these elements are digitally controlled and integrated to reduce the audio path to a minimum, but with loads of features to speed up the mastering process.

3 Models to Choose From
There are 3 main models in the M4 family,each differing in their capacities.
  • M4-7AI – 7 analogue inserts
  • M4-11AI – 11 analogue inserts
  • M4-15AI – 15 analogue inserts

More Options
Once you’ve chosen a M4 console, there are plenty of other add ons you can add to your console to get the features you need, including:
  • DACs
  • ADCs
  • Trimmer/MS
  • Mix-Master
  • Digital Speaker Outputs
  • Bass Management

Further Accessories
As well as the add- on options there are other accessories you can add to your M4 to complete your studio:
  • VU meters
  • Talkback
  • Mounting Frames
  • GPIO

Discussions

Dangerous Convert-2 vs Crane Song Solaris

I use a Crookwood M4 mastering console (selling it now actually) and it has 'converter pooling' where I can audition 3 DACs and 3 ADCs very quickly, bam bam bam, in either monitor or transfer positions. This makes spotting differences very easy. Using this ABC comparison method I have determined that the...

DIY Mastering Console using Wayne Kirkwood's modules

...it), but ive decided to go even more passive and cash in the expensive Knif. Before the Knif I had a Crookwood M4-11ai mastering console which gave me nothing but trouble since day 1. Crispin tried to help me solve the logic board problems that it shipped with, but my frustrations eventually had me give...

Amphion... Beautiful

Usually a Quantum Avocet or a custom Crookwood M4 Through have used them through a lot of convertors from a cheap USB DAC to a Lavry Gold DA122-96 and they always sound good to me

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