elysia Ships alpha compressor

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elysia's alpha compressor—a high-end tool designed for mastering and sophisticated recording applications—is now available.

Completely based on discrete Class-A technology, this mastering compressor features an integrated MS matrix, sidechain and audio filters, mix stages for on-board parallel compression and Soft Clip limiters for protecting AD converters.

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Its switchable MS matrix enables the separate processing of middle and side signals. The control mode and entire sound character can easily be adapted to the source material by employing adjustable sidechain and audio filters. Original and compressed signals can be crossfaded by using a mix stage which provides onboard parallel compression. Additional Soft-Clip limiters can be utilized to protect following AD converters from clipping. All these functions are switchable via relays individually and can be combined with each other flexibly.

The alpha compressor's design is based on 100 percent discrete analog technology. The entire signal processing is realized with single transistors in permanent Class-A mode, and even sidechain and power supply are composed of fully discrete circuits. Oversized power supplies, incremental and capsuled conductive plastic potentiometers with detents, internal heating elements for critical components as well as four high-quality torodial transformers are part of the technical finesse. The combination of these elements aims at the maximum of reachable signal quality and guarantees clean and powerful sound characteristics even when extreme settings are used.

For more information, visit their web site at www.elysia.com.