Fredenstein

The Fredenstein Artistic Compressor Plus is a single channel FET comp with multi-channel link capability in the 500-Series form factor. With Fredenstein's proprietary Reverse-Mancini FET architecture, OPA2 discrete audio operational amplifier, and American made vintage style steel core output transformer, this Artistic Comp provides you a punchy and detailed sound. The Fredenstein Artistic Compressor Plus' familiar controls include; rotary controls for Input Gain, Release Time, Compression Ratio, Make-up Gain and Wet-Dry Mixing (parallel compression). Like many vintage compressors there is no Threshold control. Instead, one uses the Input Gain knob to increase the gain until the appropriate amount of compression is achieved. This tends to feel more natural and musical, but perhaps less nerdy and precise. The Attack Time can be set in three steps with a toggle switch, and the side-chain low cut filter offers 2 frequencies. There is also one toggle switch for Bypass and another for Link. The LED bar-graph me...