COMPRESSOR

The Stereo V.C.A. Compressor unit is a 2U rack mounting stereo compressor. It utilises the classic V.C.A. compressor design elements within a solid state analog design topology. This brings the dual benefits of spectacular audio performance with a universally acclaimed compressor characteristic. Every component of every unit is premium quality and carefully selected to ensure the unit match or even surpass the quality of high end boutique gear.

V.C.A. stands for "Voltage Controlled Amplifier." The funny thing is that it's not usually an amplifier, but an attenuator, meaning that it turns the signal down when it's fed a certain control voltage. In simple terms, that's how the gain reduction takes place in a V.C.A. compressor; a control signal which you dial in using the different front panel controls like Threshold, Attack, Ratio and Release, tell the VCA circuit in the compressor when to start turning the signal down, how fast to do it, how much to do it, and how long it should take for the signal volume to return to normal.

OUTPUT TRANSFOMER

Another advantage of the output stage versus vintage modules is the additional Output Transformer, which allows the harmonic content to add saturation of the sonic source.