Cranborne Audio Carnaby HE2

The Cranborne Audio Carnaby HE2 is a professional, two-channel analogue equalizer designed to add tonal character, harmonic richness, and depth to individual sources, stems, and complete mixes. Featuring Cranborne Audio’s innovative HarmonicEQ® technology, it combines frequency shaping with carefully designed harmonic saturation, enabling engineers to enhance low-end weight, midrange presence, and high-frequency air beyond the capabilities of conventional equalization.

Housed in a 2U, 19-inch rackmount chassis, the Carnaby HE2 offers three independently bypassable HarmonicEQ® bands per channel: low shelving, mid peaking, and high shelving. Its flexible operating modes include stereo, dual mono, and Mid/Side processing, while dedicated high-cut and low-cut filters provide additional tonal control. Balanced TRS inserts enable integration with external analogue processors, and USB or network connectivity supports remote operation and preset recall through the Carnaby HE2 Control software.

Key Features

• Three-band HarmonicEQ®: Analogue equalization with frequency-dependent harmonic saturation.
• Independent channel processing: Supports stereo, dual-mono, and Mid/Side configurations.
• Low band: Sweepable low-shelf filter covering 20 Hz–420 Hz.
• Mid band: Peaking filter covering 200 Hz–6.2 kHz.
• High band: High-shelf filter covering 5 kHz–25 kHz.
• High-cut and low-cut filters: Adjustable filter slopes for additional frequency shaping.
• Adjustable input and output levels: Provides control over signal level and harmonic saturation.
• Balanced TRS inserts: Dedicated send-and-return connections on both channels for external processing.
• True-bypass switching: Allows processed and unprocessed signals to be compared.
• Remote control and preset recall: USB and network connectivity with Carnaby HE2 Control software.
• Professional audio performance: Maximum input and output levels of +26 dBu; noise floor below −93 dBu with all EQ bands bypassed.
• Rackmount design: 2U, 19-inch format measuring 483 × 89 × 236 mm; weight approximately 6 kg.

Source: Official Cranborne Audio Carnaby HE2 product page.