Black Lion Audio Seventeen Compressor – A Modern FET Limiting Amplifier with Vintage Roots
The Black Lion Audio Seventeen Compressor is not just another '76 style compressor. It's an innovative reimagining of what the classic FET limiting amplifier could have been with modern technology. Collaboratively designed with pro audio expert Tobias Lindell, the Seventeen Compressor offers an unprecedented level of detail and nuance, setting a new standard for this type of compressor.
Key Features:
- Revolutionary Design: A fresh take on the classic '76 compressor, reengineered with an improved IC-based front end for detailed, nuanced sound.
- Collaboration with Tobias Lindell: Co-designed with renowned audio and plug-in guru, ensuring professional-grade audio quality.
- Versatile Sound Character: Delivers a clean, punchy modern sound under light compression and transforms to a colorful vintage character when pushed.
- Custom Output Transformer: Features a custom-designed transformer made in Chicago, enhancing the low-end response and balancing the open top-end.
- Low Noise Floor: Incorporates Black Lion's proprietary power decoupling technology for an impressively quiet operation.
- High-Grade Components: Utilizes Nichicon signal capacitors, recognized for their superior quality in audio circuits.
- Advanced Control Features: Includes frequency-adjustable sidechain, separate high-pass and low-pass filters, and a wet/dry mix knob for blending compressed and dry signals.
- Stereo Link Functionality: Enables linking two units for stereo processing, essential for cohesive compression across stereo tracks.
Technical Specifications:
- Type: FET Limiting Amplifier
- Front End: IC-based, redesigned for modern sound
- Controls: Sidechain, High/Low Pass Filters, Wet/Dry Mix, Stereo Link
- Signal Capacitors: High-grade Nichicon
- Noise Reduction: Proprietary Black Lion power decoupling
Hand-assembled and meticulously tested in the USA, the Black Lion Audio Seventeen Compressor is a groundbreaking unit that provides audio professionals with a versatile tool, capable of delivering both modern punch and vintage warmth.
- Short Description:
- Black Lion's take on what the classic '76 limiting amplifier could have been
- Bundled:
- No
- california pro_65:
- No
- Effect/Enhancement:
- Compression
- Features:
- Solid State
- Form Factor:
- 2 RU
- Model:
- SEVENTEEN
- Number of Channels:
- 1
- Type (Signal Processors):
- Compression;Compression/Limiting
- SKU:
- BLA-SEVENTEEN