Van Damme Purple Patch. 2 x 48 Row TT Bantam to 12 x DB25

Van Damme PPE56 Purple Patch as seen in Studio Three at Abbey Road Studios 

Niall Holden, CEO of VDC commented “With Purple Patch, we wanted to create a world class product.  Studio Three at Abbey Road was the first ever location that installed these particular patchbays and it was a baptism of fire.  We worked together to make sure that we really nailed the product and got the quality down to a fine art.  Everything had to work perfectly – and function in a way that you’d expect.

Created in response to customer demand, the PPD25 is both designed and manufactured in the UK and incorporates features that cater carefully for modern day needs, including:

• Fully programmable normalling options inclusive of full-normalling, half-normalling, parallel and no normalling settings which are adjustable whilst the patch remains terminated.
• Individual earthing selection for all patch points allowing for phantom power and unbalanced signal pass through.
• No compromise steel chassis and aircraft-grade aluminium construction.
• Individual jack modules – Copper-nickel-silver alloy leaf springs with solid gold crossbar switching contacts and nickel-plated sleeve bushings. 110 Ohm impedance with low return loss. 30,000 insertion/removal cycles minimum.

Aimed primarily at recording studios, theatres with recording facilities and broadcasting houses, Purple Patch has been designed to make Van Damme’s renowned quality and engineering excellence affordable to all levels of users.