Re: Optical compressor, parallel and seriel
Well it is a blender, like an insert on a mixing console, you can set the comp pretty extreme that way along with the normal clean signal.
Any good compressor will never affect any dynamics a guitar can come up with, as its range is pretty narrow for starters
The sonic difference between this one and our more expensive comp, yeah it is optical, thus somewhat slower, giving a more oldschool feel, as our other is very fast and an actual industrial standart for compressors
It is also slightly more crisp, as the signal does pass the optical cell, we made it pretty simple to keep a good pure signal, that would coloured by the opto, and it is great with both driven and clean signals, I personally like it alot.
It can go from very compressed, like a old MXR/Ross to more subtle stuff, like our own normal comp, it is not as fast, but it is doing quite a job of it, we are abit surprised how well it really works, as it is pretty simple.
Old studio comps, where tubebased with opto's, and those gives a very unique sound and prescense, this one captures some of that while being small and without the tube
We are quite happy with it, I use it alot now, and I switch around with both settings, depending on what I want with it, both setting has good qualities.
Phaser....hehe we have one, but I think that we will have to make one more in the future!?
I forgot about the Wah Bah...a wah will also come out soon.
Plus one more amp, a Brit styled one at 50 watts, EL-34's and is a mix between a Marshall and a Hiwatt
Will come as a combo and head version.
A 9v overdrive will also see the light of the day, made almost like the one I made for the Quattro, but with a cleanboost, and a toggle to change between two caps for the lowend, it is called DC-drive right now, and it is a based upon a 9v input, but the internals has a little thing going on, so that it will not be as flatsounding as most 9v'ers can be.
I need a vacation
Niels
