Purple Audio

Also known as: Purple Audio Inc, Purple Audio LLC

Purple Audio is a pro audio manufacturer founded by Andrew Roberts in 1997, specializing in hand-built studio equipment for tracking and mixing. The company's debut product was the MC76 FET limiting amplifier, quickly followed by the MC77, which recreates the audio circuitry of the revision E 1176 using modern, matched components. Roberts began his career buying, selling, and repairing recordin...

18 Products · Used by 23 Artists

Purple Audio MC77 Limiting Amplifier Effects Processors

$1,850.00

3 available stores

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18 artists using

Purple Audio Action Effects Processors

$825.00

3 available stores

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1 artist using

Purple Audio Sweet Ten Studio Equipment Racks

$900.00

3 available stores

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3 artists using

Purple Audio 5M1 Biz Preamps

$775.00

1 available store

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1 artist using

Purple Audio Biz Mk 500 Series Mic Preamp / Line Driver Module Preamps

$775.00

2 available stores

1 artist using

Purple Audio Biz 500 Series Mic Preamp Module Preamps

$775.00

1 available store

Purple Audio TAV 500 Series Graphic Inductor EQ Module Effects Processors

$775.00

2 available stores

Purple Audio LilPEQr-M 500 Series Program EQ Pair Effects Processors

$725.00

1 available store

Purple Audio MC76 Limiting Amplifier / Compressor Effects Processors

$2,272.65

1 available store

Purple Audio Moiyn 8x2 500 Series Summing Amp Module Mixers

$825.00

2 available stores

Purple Audio Cans II 500 Series Headphone Amplifier Headphones & In-Ear Monitors

$550.00

2 available stores

Purple Audio Odd Effects Processors

$775.00

3 available stores

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Purple Audio LilPEQr 500 Series Program EQ Module Preamps

$675.00

3 available stores

Purple Audio TAV 500 Series Graphic EQ Pair Effects Processors

Purple Audio Pants 500 Series Preamp / Line Driver Module Preamps

$775.00

1 available store

Purple Audio ODD 500 Series EQ Pair Effects Processors

Purple Audio LilPEQr-M 500 Series Program EQ Effects Processors

$725.00

2 available stores

Purple Audio LilPEQr 500 Series Program EQ Pair Effects Processors

$675.00 - $1,350.00

2 available stores

The company's catalog centers on the 500-series and rack-mount formats, including the Action (5C1) compressor, Odd (5E1), Tav (5E2), and Lilpeqr (5E3) equalizers, Biz (5M1) and Pants (5M2) preamps, and the Cans II (5H1) headphone amplifier. Purple also builds the MFtwenty5 mixing system, the Sweet Ten 500-series rack, and the Moiyn (5S1) summing mixer, offering a modular approach to analog front-ends and summing for project and commercial studios.

Based in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania — where the company occupies a renovated historic firehouse called the Marion Hose — Purple Audio is known for discrete, Class A designs, serviceable through-hole construction, and a minimalist graphic style on its front panels. The brand has developed a reputation among engineers for its 1176-style limiters and colorful, character-driven EQs and preamps.

Purple Audio has 18 products cataloged on Equipboard, including Effects Processors, Preamps, and Studio Equipment Racks. Their gear is featured by 23 artists, with the strongest followings in Pop, Electronic, and Rock. Notable users include Greg Cartwright, St. Vincent, and Justin Meldal-Johnsen.