Balanced attenuator pack
Redcloud
Eight passive rotary faders on a DB25, made for Don Smith.
Born out of necessity for recording engineer Don Smith, aka Redcloud (Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, Stevie Nicks), who liked lots of gain on his mic pre amps but needed a simple, flexible way to attenuate the post mic pre line level signals.

what it does
THE REDCLOUD 8810U8ERS Compact 8-channel balanced attenuator pack
Plug the Redcloud into your db25 modular patch bay and patch it in anywhere you need high-quality passive attenuation (more places than you might initially think). The Redcloud 8810U8ERS will be a must-have accessory in any engineer's toolbox!
Features
- 8 rotary balanced faders
- DB25 standard analog I/O
- Stereo or mono selectable
- Tracks left to right accurately
- Passive 5k ohm impedance
- Pre Pro Tools attenuation
- Post mic pre attenuation
- Stepped volume controls
- Up to 32 faders in a 1u rack
- format
- Quarter rack, 1U. Up to 32 faders in 1U.
- built
- Los Angeles, by Little Labs
- documentation
- 2 PDFs on this page
- how to buy
- Through a stocking dealer
Manuals and tear sheets
the other sides

how it patches in
Where it sits in the chain
Little Labs draws these by hand. They are kept on a white ground here because that is how they read.