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Description
Creme
Bus Compressor and Mastering Equalizer
The Creme combines a passive EQ based on the Pultec principle and a high end bus compressor in a single device.
Many successful mixing engineers share one thing in common: They mix with a compressor and EQ in the master channel.
The EQ is usually set to subtly boost the bass and treble, while the bus compressor compresses the sound by a couple of dB.
This gives the engineer an idea of how the mix will sound after mastering, even still during in the mixing stage.
It also helps in finding the right volume balance for individual sounds (especially vocals).
The Creme puts the very best of both functions into one device.
The passive EQ has been reduced down to the most popular applications: Bass boost, to give greater definition to the bass, and treble boost, to give the mix the necessary shine.
The boost has been made switchable to enable total recall and to reduce the boost to more appropriate levels for use on the master channel.
The placement of the EQ and compressor in the mix can also be switched.
Similarly, the Creme is suitable for use in mastering aswell.
The Compressor
It´s characteristic and powerful sound can bring every mix to the next level. The compressor can really work hard, giving your mix a more noticeable open and brilliant sound.
The compression is very harmonic in nature, the sound always remains transparent, and the individual instruments find their own place in the mix. The often lamentable loss of high notes in compression simply doesn’t happen here – rather, the signal sounds like it has already been fed through an exciter.
The basses sound like a unified whole and refined with lean dynamics.
The switchable high-pass filter in the side chain ensures that, when required, even heavy bass sounds don’t lead to pumping.
Effect of the low-cut filter in side chains on compression
The Equalizer
We chose the filter circuitry from the original Pultec for good reason, as it already made our Classic Equalizer a high-performance sound machine.
No other type of EQ manages to sound as good in almost any matter of setting. Soft and silky highs that deserve the name. A bass boost that gives the mix a solid foundation and thrust, without squashing everything into an indistinct nothingness.
We took the filter circuitry from the original Pultec and carefully updated it. Unnecessary controls have been replaced by fixed values. Similarly, unnecessary frequencies have been removed from the mix bus.
All controls have been replaced with rotary switches for greater precision. Limiting the range of settings possible to reasonably required values has made these adjustments much more precise. This gives the Creme its accurate stereo tracking features.
The result is an EQ you really have to hear. Hear it only once, and you’ll forever miss its absence. If you’ve never heard it, it’s that EQ that you’ve always been looking for.
Low-shelf filter frequency response
High-shelf filter frequency response
Photos
Videos
Tegeler Audio Creme - On A Whole New Level
Tegeler Creme | Full Demo and Review
(Auf Deutsch) Tegeler Audio Manufaktur Creme & Raumzeitmaschine Review
(Auf Deutsch) Analoger Kompressor Einbinden - Tegeler Audio Manufaktur - Crème Review
(En français) Tegeler Audio Manufaktur Crème (FR) [Audiotools #37]
(En español) ¿El mejor compresor VCA y EQ estilo Pultec que he probado?
Pro Tools Expert: Review Of Creme
(In italiano) Tegeler Audio Manufaktur - Creme Review (English subtitles)
Top Secret Home Studio Weapon | Tegeler Audio Manufaktur Crème Review & Demo
(中文) 【硬件评测演示】Tegeler (泰格勒) Audio Creme 总线压缩母带均衡 - 高品质一体化总线处理器
Bonedo: Creme Sound Demo (no talking)
(In italiano) Tegeler Audio Creme - Mix cremosi? La mia Review
LoudBox Music Gear Review: Tegeler Audio Manufaktur Creme
Pascal Coulon Bauer - Neumann TLM103 & Rode K2 + Creme-Test
Tegeler Audio Manufaktur Creme | My experience with it
Mastering with analog hardware / Tegeler Creme + VTC combo
Tommy Dell'Olio - Creme Audio Test
Dziam Bass - Mastering session with Creme
(Auf Deutsch) Tegeler Audio Manufaktur Crème - Die Vielseitigkeit des Berliners
Tegeler Audio Manufaktur Créme Review (barrierefrei)
Mondstein Records - Creme in Aktion
Features
Features
Equalizer
- Passive EQ (Pultec style)
- Bass boost frequencies: 20-30-60-100+140+200 Hz
- Bass boost level: 0-5 dB switchable
- High boost frequencies: 10-12-16-18-20-24 kHz
- High boost level: 0-5 dB switchable
Compressor
- Lowcut filter: 60-120 Hz
- Attack: 0,1-0,3-1-3-10-30 ms
- Release: 100-300-600 ms-1,2s-Auto
- Ratio: 1,5-2-4-10
- Stepped Potentiometers
- Freqency responce: 20 - 40.000 Hz +/- 1,5 dB
- Balanced inputs and outputs
- Internal power supply with toroidal transformer
- Height: 88,4 mm (2U), width: 483 mm, depth: 250 mm
Specifications
- Frequency Response: 20Hz - 40kHz
- Maximum Input Level: +22 dBu
- Input Impedance: ≥ 10kΩ
- Output Impedance: < 600 Ω
- Maximum Output Level: +24 dBu
- Dynamic Range: ≥ 110 dB
- Voltage: 230 V~/50Hz or 115V~/60Hz
- Fuse: 500mA slow-blow
- Maximum Power Consumption: < 25 W (0,01A at 230 V)
- Dimensions: 2 U, H:88.1 mm, W:483 mm, D:250 mm
News
Creme Black Edition - all proceeds go to Tierheim Berlin
- 31.05.2024
- Creme
Buddy and Brötchen had the brilliant idea of auctioning such a special device to raise money for their dog friends in the Berliner Animal Shelter, the Tierheim Berlin....
Artist interview with K-Sänn Dub
- 14.09.2022
- Interview
- Creme
French sound engineer and FOH of Panda Dub, K-Sänn Dub, talks about using the Tegeler Audio Creme in a live setup and his own mixing and mastering studio....
The Crème turns 10 - let's celebrate together!
- 18.07.2022
- Creme
Tegeler Audio is celebrating 10 years of Crème with a big SALE!...
Reviews
AudioMediaInternational
- 2016-09
- Wes Maebe
"The result was absolutely stunning. The mix we were already very happy with suddenly came to life and everything just ended up sounding glued together. To quote the producer and artist: 'It’s like mixing to tape!'
And for all the heavy beat programmers and hip-hoppers out there, this box is going to blow you away! Put the Creme across the drum bus and those hits will jump right out of your monitors. The bottom end will sound super tight and ballsy, the high-end crisp and open and the compressor will make the whole section groove.
So far, the Tegeler Audio Manufaktur Creme has proven to excel in most tasks I’ve given it.
One of the best compressors I’ve heard in a long time."
BuenasIdeas
- 2016-10
- Andreas Eberhardt
"The Creme sounds 'first class'.
It is neither obtrusive nor mulish, the highs are preserved and get a silky sheen by using the cream, the lower frequency ranges benefit from the cream with a much more powerful foundation.
The Creme is especially suitable for mastering, doing such a good job that the question arises 'What did I actually do before without the Creme?'"
Amazona.de
- 2016-01
- Axel Ritt
"Only in bypass mode do you notice how much you have already become accustomed to the compressed signal and how comparatively inconsequential the original signal sounds in direct comparison.
The stereo equalizer with bus compressor in Pultec style convinces with high-quality components, easy handling and a touch of decadence.
Even though the product was primarily designed for summing processing, the Creme can also be used traditionally as a stereo filter in recording."
User Reviews
FAQ
For economic and environmental reasons, we refrained from throwing away everything with the old logo. Instead, we will replace all parts and materials piece by piece. Of course, when you buy a unit, you get the same quality no matter what logo is on the outside.
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Preis 1.799,00 €
Suitable cable
Cable XLR female-TRS 2m
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Cable XLR male-TRS 2m
Cable XLR male-XLR female 2m
