A delicious cube of saturation and sound modeling that includes our beloved Karakter 500, a delightful audio processor that gives you a wide range of distortion and modeling capabilities. Not just salt and pepper. From a great filter to tube-inspired distortion and mastering-grade saturation. Now you can have the Karakter in a lightweight format.

The Karakter 500 is a box full of vibrant colors. It covers a full spectrum that includes mastering-grade saturation, tube-inspired distortion, and glorious destruction. Gone are the days when only racks full of outboard gear could achieve these elusive and highly desirable tonal coloring styles.

The entire unit is designed with a discrete Class A topology, so even the lo-fi sounds will benefit from the Karakter's high-end touch. Enhance your tracks or obliterate everything: it's a matter of Karakter.

5 reasons why you should use the Karakter 500

Build quality

The Karakter 500, like all our products, is designed, manufactured, and hand-built in Germany.

Class A topology

As a result, it represents the art of discrete signal processing.

Unique color filter

This feature changes the harmonic frequency ratio with tons of interesting variations. The middle is flat, turn left for more foldback and right for more grit.

Dual mono / stereo link

The Karakter 500 gives you maximum flexibility in terms of channel configuration.

Saturation / distortion galore

Mastering-grade saturation and tube-inspired distortion are under the hood of the Karakter 500.