IO Instruments Sponde & Carpo Bundle

Sponde is a high quality audio and CV mixer with two combinable units of six inputs each. The low distortion circuit allows a gain of x2 per input, i.e. 6 dB. Two strings with up to six inputs can be operated without coloring. The first four inputs of each group have their own signal outputs, allowing the module to work as an eightfold attenuator. If signals are fed into row B only, it will be normalized (passed through) to row A. This way it is possible to distribute up to six mono signals in the panorama; in this case the outputs A and B are to be considered as left and right.

Carpo is a high-end headphone preamplifier with three channels. The use of high quality components guarantees a very wide frequency range and lowest distortion. The inputs are normalized from mono to stereo per channel and at the same time connected to stereo direct outputs, from which one could go to an output module. Each channel supports headphones with an impedance of 16-500 ohms, so different headphones can be fed without loss. If larger setups are to be monitored, channels B and C can be connected individually to channel A, which corresponds to the functionality of a summing unit.