AudioScape has announced the newest addition to its ever-expanding universe of vintage tone plugins. A collaboration with Kiive Audio, the Golden 58 tube preamp plugin is a digital version of the acclaimed stereo tube preamp, a 6-tube, 4-NOS-transformer deep dive into big-tone, reminiscent of late 1950s tube tech.
The original circuit was developed by Chris Yetter and his team at AudioScape. Chris says:
”The circuit is all original, based around the 5879 tube (hence the name Golden 58), which is the US military equivalent of the EF86 tube used in famous British preamps. In fact, we feel it is very
much the American Answer to those Classic preamps from across the pond, the Tele V series and 47 style preamps, with a few tasteful upgrades to bring it from yesteryear into the modern age. With the handy voice filters and separate Line Input jacks, this simple, yet elegant, preamp can
cover a lot of ground.”
The hardware version of the Golden 58 was always fated to a limited run. Using parts like 4 NOS transformers per unit, and hard to source 5879 tubes ensured that.
But, the radiant warmth and saturation of the original is now available again with the Golden 58 plugin. Some new enhancements have been added to the plugin like an auto-gain control for more consistent output levels following the saturation/harmonics stage, and output trims, which give the user even more saturation options.
The Golden 58 tube preamplifier plugin is available to preorder now for $99 USD (regular $149 USD).
More information: AudioScape
