TC Electronic introduces TC2290-DT
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Adopted by producers and FOH engineers as well as musicians such as David Gilmour, The Edge and Robben Ford, it set the benchmark for delay units, and quickly became an industry standard in professional studios and live effects rigs.
Due to its popularity, it had one of the longest production runs of any rack-mounted processor, and since its discontinuation has in 2005 become highly sought after on the vintage market.
The new TC2290-DT aims to take up the sonic mantle of the original 2290 while radically reinventing the delay unit for a new generation of musicians, producers and engineers, says the company.
“Because we still have the original blueprints, we’ve been able to rework the 2290 from the ground up,” says Thomas Valter, director of product management at TC Electronic.
“It retains the beautiful and dynamic modulated delays of the original and fuses the plusses of plug-in technology with all the benefits of having a tactile control unit at your fingertips.”
Over the course of more than a year, TC Electronic had their team of engineers take apart four original units, each with their own distinct character, and measured their components from top to bottom.
By cross referencing the data step-by-step with the original schematics, their software engineers then recreated all the parameters until they achieved the unique 2290 sound.
"We have put a lot of effort into making it authentic in both its tone and controls. It is undoubtedly the ultimate emulation," concludes Valter.
(Jim Evans)
