Vintage Compressor

Although the Modern and Vintage Compressor units have nearly identical controls, the sound and response characteristics couldn’t be more different. The Vintage Compressor was modeled on vintage UA LA-2A™ and 1176™ style response curves, but given more flexibility to tailor the sound. This unit is warm and musical-sounding and works best with individual elements.

• THRESHOLD
  Sets the audio level at which the unit starts to compress the signal. If the input signal is below the Threshold level, the unit does not apply any compression. Once the level crosses the Threshold, then the compression begins to affect the signal.
  Range: 0 to -60 dB

• RATIO
  The range of dynamic compression once the compressor engages.
  Range is 1:1 to 16:1

• GAIN
  A make-up gain stage that adjusts the overall output volume to compensate for compression level reduction.
  Range 0 to 24 dB

• PEAK / RMS
  Allows the choice of PEAK Limiting or RMS Compression curves. Peak Limiting detects audio transients that are louder than the set Threshold level and applies compression to control those Peaks to whatever level you’ve set. RMS Compression detects an audio signal’s average level and applies Compression to the overall signal. This helps make the whole audio signal louder. With RMS, there is no specific ceiling for the audio as there is with Peak limiting.

• ATTACK
  Adjusts the amount of time that the compressor takes to start compressing once the audio has gone above the Threshold level.
  Range: 0.1 to 400 ms

• RELEASE
  Adjusts the amount of time that the compressor takes to stop compressing once the audio has gone under the Threshold level.
  Range: 10 to 5000 ms

• LIMIT
  Engages and disengages an additional “brick wall” limiter at the output. The compression controls continue to work regardless of whether the brick wall limiter is engaged or not.