Analogue stereo processor

For more than six decades, transformers have been at the heart of Rupert Neve's design philosophy. Rupert Neve Designs' custom transformers are an integral part of virtually every product the brand makes.

Equipped with these custom transformers, the MBT offers a wealth of options to soften, enrich, drive and widen the signal, making it a tool of choice for colouration.

The magic of the Shelf EQ

With 3 octave ranges, gentle curves and minimal phase shift, the new EQ section was created with an emphasis on simplicity and elegance. This smooth, musical equalizer is excellent for quickly changing tonal balance, especially when interacting with the MBT's other sections.

Bring things back to life with the Color Comp

The Color Comp optical compressor has been completely redesigned. It brings out non-linear distortion and adds beautiful colouration from the opto cell. The Color Comp includes two selectable ratios, a switchable side-chain filter, a variable threshold, class A make-up gain and a Wet/Dry control for parallel processing.

Discover a new dimension

The WIDTH section is designed to widen the stereo image without losing low-frequency definition. Although inspired by the WIDTH section of the Master Buss Processor's Stereo Field Editor (SFE), the MBT's has several key differences:

• The MBT's width control is additive only, with a greater range for more extreme operation
• A variable high-pass filter (50 Hz to 800 Hz) adjusts the widened content, so that the low end stays centred in the mix while the mids and highs are spread out to create more space
• A slight high-frequency roll-off on the widened signal avoids over-emphasising the harshest highs

New "Super Silk" section

Introduced nearly twenty years ago, the Silk circuit has become one of Rupert Neve Designs users' favourite features. First available as a simple on/off switch, then with selectable RED and BLUE modes and variable texture control, Silk lets you enrich and control the even and odd harmonic content of any signal.

Super Silk is the latest evolution of this very popular technology: with independent controls for RED, BLUE, harmonics and Zener Drive, plus the ability to adjust gain into and out of the circuit, harmonic manipulation reaches a whole new level with the MBT:

• RED emphasises harmonics in the mids and highs, adding sparkle and brilliance.
• BLUE emphasises harmonics in the lows and low mids, creating more depth and weight.
• HARMONICS increases overall harmonic content and interacts with Silk BLUE and RED.
• ZENER DRIVE adds a soft diode clipping circuit for a more aggressive tone as the MBT approaches saturation.
• SILK IN engages or bypasses the entire SUPER SILK section. This "Silk Purple" function is one of the most requested by the brand's users.