Tonelux
Tonelux was created in 2003 after Paul Wolff, previous owner of API (Api Audio Products or Automated Processes, Inc) sold the company, then left the new company to explore a new direction in recording systems. Mr. Wolff purchased API in 1985 and through that period, designed and built more than 30 all discrete recording and mixing consoles, including the Legacy, Legacy Plus and the last console, the Vision, which was a complete surround recording/mixing console. Wolff left those products behind as he saw a shift in the professional recording industry that called for a more compact, affordable recording product line with superior quality and tone.
With the advent of the Digital Audio Workstation, recording was changing direction rapidly and the need to change direction in other areas was required. Having a visionary outlook at the industry, Mr. Wolff created a whole new product line with a whole new concept in design, which in only a few years has been used on many high profile recording and mixing projects and is rapidly becoming the go-to line for every aspect of recording.
The Tonelux idea is to allow an artist or engineer the ability to custom build any size or format console like unit from 1 to 80 channels without any quality or tonal compromises. Paul Wolff began to see that with the change in recording direction, artists and engineers were re-inventing the process much like it was in the early days of recording where they were writing the rules as they recorded the band.
THE TONELUX 1628
From the mind of Paul Wolff comes the Model 1628, the first Discrete plug and play console for the Tonelux product line. Paul's legacy of designing all-discrete large-format analog consoles, many unique designs and scores of hand built consoles residing in some of the most important studios in the world, speaks for itself.
The successes of the past and present are all wrapped into a package inclusive of features that are simply unavailable anywhere else, i.e a fully-remotable TT patch-bay (included) AND optional ShadowMix, an elegant solution for moving fader automation. Simple and affordable upgrades with Tonelux' plug and play 8 or 16 channel expander consoles make the 1628 the one to own.
| SPECS: | |
| • 16) MX2 Mix Modules • 16) EQ4P Equalizers • 16) TR8 Bus Assign Modules • 16) MP1a Mic Preamps with TILT • 4) FX2+ Send Master/FX Returns • 1) SM2 Stereo Master Module • 1) CR2 Control Room Module • 1) TB1 TalkBack Module | • 16) P&G Custom Manual Faders • 16) VU Meters in a Removable Bridge • 2) Stereo VU Meters • Custom Designed Wood Sides/Top • Complete TT Patch-bay/Dsub I/O Panel • Earth-friendly bamboo wood sides are standard • Leather Bolster • Optional ShadowMix Automation |
TONELUX 16 Channel Summer
Stereo summing with Tonelux discrete summing amps!
The OTB16 is a 16 channel 1U mixer with 16 balanced inputs and a Tonelux discrete summing bus. 
Each channel has a level control and a panner
The access to the OTB16 is through 2 eight channel Dsub inputs at a level of +4dBu nominal. 
The summing of the 16 channels is through the famous Tonelux TX-240 and TX-260 discrete op-amps, and then throught the main output transformer, which can be adjusted by the MASTER fader pot, which comes out of a pair of XLR connectors. Additionally there is a monitor fader output for monitoring or for expansion, which is balanced but transformerless, and 2 additional balanced inputs to the MIX bus. The pre fader monitor output can be plugged into the BUS input to extend the number of channels with a second or third OTB16. 12 0r 130 volts AC powered 50/60 Hz.