Tierra Audio Icicle | Equalizer

Surgery for your sound

The Tierra Audio Icicle Equalizer is an extremely accurate and powerful four-band parametric equaliser, perfectly suited for a wide range of applications and instruments.

An indispensable tool in the studio, Icicle is the perfect solution for the modern mixing and mastering engineer, giving you complete control over the tone and character of your sound.

Expertly designed, each band has a wide frequency range to make sure that you can comfortably edit each and every detail without anything passing you by as well as a Q-factor dial to target broad or narrow frequency ranges.

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Versatile functionality

Often overlooked, but who's contribution cannot be understated, the EQ unit is a staple of the recorded music industry. Every instrument and audio track can be effected with an EQ, whether it's being used to creative effect or simply for subtle boosts and cuts to the overall tone of your instrument, the EQ unit is the right tool for the job.

Tierra Audio Icicle is no exception, feature packed and immaculate sounding, it will be your go-to for any challenge you face, whether you need to make some room in the low-end of your drums for your bass guitar or add brightness to dull vocal recordings, you will never need another EQ again.

Surgical precision

It's very common to find that when mixing certain instruments, there will be resonant frequencies that will stand out from your mix and cause some annoyance for your listeners, in these situation, Icicle is here to save the day!

A wide-ranging Q-factor in each of the frequency bands allows you to hone in on a very narrow band of frequencies to notch out these resonances or fundamentals to keep your sound clean and precise. This can be particularly useful on percussive instruments with a strong fundamental note such as a snare drum or tom drum.

Broad strokes

As well as having the ability to notch out very narrow bands of frequencies to clean up the signal of your instrument, Icicle can also deliver wide and broad ranges of frequency boosting and cutting to give a more natural and smooth response to your EQ.

For example, the treble filter reaches up to 29.5kHz, far beyond human hearing, and by boosting this range with a wide Q-factor, you will naturally increased the amount of presence to your signal that rises exponentially the higher the frequency.

The result will be a smooth and natural sounding treble lift that doesn't suffer from harsh spikes that can put the listener off your mix.

Why not try the Icicle on your master chain and process a whole mix of instruments together in one go as well as individually treating them, to create smooth and fluid EQ changes to your song by using broad Q-factors and subtle boosting or cutting.

Add some OOMPH! to your tracks

Turn things up to 11 and go beyond the pale to add a huge amount of colour and saturation to your tone with the OOMPH function.

Pushing each band into overdrive, the OOMPH feature distorts the internal Germanium Diodes to add harmonic saturation to the specific frequency band you are effecting.

This is a perfect solution for creative mixing engineers looking for a unique flavour to their sound to use as an effect, such as a on a vocal recording for an aggressive and distorted effect.

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Features

• Unique OOMPH! function that adds saturation to your chosen frequency band
• Surgically cut or boost with Q-factor per-band
• Handmade in Madrid, Spain using premium components
• Through-hole components to reduce electronic friction for near-zero background noise
• Audio-optimized Triad Magnetics transformer delivers incredibly low noise floor
• Accurate VU meter shows visual feedback of gain levels
• Gold plated connectors for immaculate audio transfer
• Ethically sourced cherry wood front plate provides stunning visual appearance
• Environmentally friendly packaging
• Laser-etched front and back panels
• Each Icicle is individually inspected and tested before shipping to ensure quality control, documents will be provided with technical measurements of your unit
• For every device sold, a tree will be planted to give back to nature

Specifications

• Line output maximum output: +26 dBu
• Frequency response: -0.3 dB at 20 Hz, -0.3 dB at 20 kHz
• Harmonic distortion (THD): Less than 0.0009% at +4 dBu output in the range of 20 Hz to 20 kHz
• Gain level: From +50 dB
• Background noise (Noise floor): Less than 102 dBu
• Signal to noise ratio (SNR): 100 dB, 20 Hz – 20 kHz at +4 dBu output
• Frequency bands:
  • LF: 30 to 655 Hz; -12 to 12 dB
  • LMF: 190 Hz to 2.7 kHz; -12 to 12 dB
  • LHF: 790 Hz to 18.5 kHz; -12 to 12 dB
  • HF: 1 to 20 kHz; – 12 to 12 dB
• Power source: Variable voltage source between 110V AC60Hz to 220V AC 50Hz
• Operating temperature range: Between 0 and 40 Celsius
• Power source fuse: 500 mA