THE TONECRAFT BOOSTMATE CONVERTS YOUR TUBE D.I. INTO A MIC PRE AND LETS YOU UNLEASH YOUR MICS ON PEDALS AND AMPLIFIERS
The NEWTONECRAFT BOOSTMATE is a simple yet powerful solution that allows you to use microphones with your studio's tube direct boxes, effects pedals and guitar amplifiers. Simply plug your mic into the BOOSTMATE's XLR input and run a short 1/4" guitar patch cable to your Tube D.I., effects pedal or amplifier. Your Tube D.I. has now been transformed into a high quality Tube Mic Pre with an extra 20db of gain and your effects pedals and amps are being fed with a full frequency, noise free signal so you can create superior amped and effected recordings without having to re-amp later.
In the past the common fix was an inline Lo-Z to Hi-Z adaptor, but these units use tiny, unshielded transformers that are notoriously noisy, prone to overloading and dramatically roll off both high and low frequencies. The BOOSTMATE features a high quality Mu Metal shielded transformer with excellent frequency response, level handling and noise immunity. The body is all steel and designed for heavy use. A fully passive device, the BOOSTMATE requires no power for use with dynamic, ribbon and tube microphones.
The BOOSTMATE is a simple necessity for every studio.
Modern bass legend Kaveh Rasteghar has been using the 363 on studio sessions for the past 6 months and is currently running it on upright bass with John Legend's acoustic summer tour. Kaveh is one of the greatest bassists on the the planet right now and is making music all over the map: European stadiums with Ligabue, tracks with bay area underground hip hop group Latyrx, musical director for Sia, songwriting with Bruno Mars, Kimbra, Cee Lo Green, Kimbra, De La Soul and Meshell Ndegeocello, experimental jazz with Kneebody and Thruster. On top of that he's a super down to earth dude. We're proud to have him as a Tonecraft artist.
Legendary LA producer Tony Berg(Fiona Apple, Bob Dylan, Michael Penn) recentlyput the 363 to the test recording Sebastian Steinberg playing through a 1964 Hofner flatwound strung violin bass on AJ Croce's track Always and Evermore from his new album Twelve Tales. Steinberg dug deep into to the 363's tones and you can really hear it on his impressive runs. Proud to be part of such a great album. It's climbing the charts fast (#23 Roots, #50 Rock as of today) and we urge people to pick up a copy! You can check the track out here.
Listen to the sound of the Tonecraft 363 amplifying a Fishman soundhole pickup fitted Gibson acoustic guitar. The guitar fed straight into the 363 to Lynx Aurora converters. No additional EQ, compression or processing has been used.
