Intersound IVP Preamp releasing today Aion FX

Intersound Ivp. EAE Surveyor Intersound IVP Preamp Vintagegitar It's a very vibey unit with a ton of character, tone sculpting, and EQ contouring control Thanks to Steve Albini and bands like The Grateful Dead, these units are now revered and have a bit of a cult following

DPE InterSound IVP Instrument Voicing Preamplifier Reverb
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The IVP Preamp is based on the Intersound™ Instrument Voicing Preamp (IVP), a rackmounted preamp that was first released in 1978 I am considering purchasing an Intersound IVP preamp and wanted to know if anyone here has one or has tried one and what your impressions/opinions are

DPE InterSound IVP Instrument Voicing Preamplifier Reverb

The Intersound IVP (Instrument Voicing Preamp) from 1978 is a studio-quality rackmounted preamp with powerful EQ and a unique overdrive circuit that uses transformer saturation to simulate tube clipping The rig is actually supposed to be a pretty transparent instrument preamp, but with a great range of EQ manipulation and some voice switching. The company didn't last long, encountering financial difficulties before selling to Electro-Voice/Tapco in 1980

Intersound IVP Preamp Reverb. There are giant fans of this and then those that just don't get it The IVP has a six EQ bands (four semi-parametric and two Baxandall) and two channels, clean and drive.

Intersound IVP guitar preamp mid 80s Reverb UK. While it doesn't quite succeed in nailing the tube sound, it is such a unique sound. Thanks to Steve Albini and bands like The Grateful Dead, these units are now revered and have a bit of a cult following