Vintage Recording Equipment Archive

The Hum Audio Devices N-Matrix is a fully analogue, relay-based insert matrix developed for professional mixing and mastering applications. Derived from the passive insert matrix created for the HUM Audio N-Trophy mastering console, it combines six stereo insert positions with flexible serial, parallel and split routing, M/S processing, stereo stem summing and two independent signal paths. Its signal routing is passive, with active circuitry introduced only for functions such as M/S conversion, summing and level trimming.

The HUM Audio Devices N-Trophy is a fully discrete, modular analogue in-line recording console developed for modern analogue and hybrid studios. Designed and handcrafted in Poland, it combines traditional large-format console operation with an unusually comprehensive collection of recording, mixing, summing and mastering facilities. Configurations can range from the centre section alone through to systems with as many as 64 channel strips, with the modular frame allowing the console to be expanded as studio requirements change.