{"product_id":"q2-audio-compex-f765-500-0106-used","title":"Q2 Audio Compex F765 500 #0106 (Used)","description":"\u003cp\u003eRenowned for decades by top engineers as the quintessential box for larger-than-life drum sounds! The ADR Compex F760X-RS may be the best compressor\/limiter available for drum room mics and drum bus duties and is also highly sought-after for the character and punch it adds to guitars along with a myriad of other sources... And now it can be yours! \u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eADR Compex F760-RS by Q2 Audio\u003c\/strong\u003e reintroduces, at long last, the venerable and highly sought-after dynamics processor of yesteryear. The unique character and spirit of the Compex can be heard on many classic recordings (think of that huge, commanding drum sound on \u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003eWhen the Levee Breaks by Led Zeppelin, for instance). With painstaking attention to detail, Q2 Audio has masterfully reproduced the exact circuit design of the original Compex, with a handful of new features and updated components.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003eFunctionally, the new Compex has all the same features and settings as the original unit, employing the same super-flexible FET-based compression, limiting and gating. Switchable threshold, compression ratio, and attack\/release times are available with all the same settings and a stereo link switch is provided for linking the two channels together for operation in stereo. An all-new external side-chain insert has been added to the new Compex, letting you feed the detector circuit of the compressor with an independent sound source. The side-chain insert can be set to control the gate circuit, instead, by simply switching over an internal jumper. The limit section has a switchable 50us \"pre-emphasis\" setting in addition to the normal \"on\" position. Pre-emphasis was originally used for limiting high frequencies to prevent over-modulation during broadcast use. Pre-emphasis boosts the high frequencies entering the limiter side-chain, acting as a de-esser causing limiting action on sibilant high frequencies. The compressor side-chain insert is useful for adding an EQ to the side-chain audio signal to create \"vocal stresser\" type frequency-dependent compression effects or inserting another audio source for \"ducking\".\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003eImproving upon some of the components and build-quality concerns of the original Compex, a high-quality meter has been employed (replacing the discontinued Sifam™ Director 14 meter) and the original \"ABC\" cards have been combined to a single PCB to allow for more efficient manufacturing. Also, some slight alterations have been made to the calibration functions to help the unit maintain calibration over a longer period of time. The original potentiometers were an open frame design which became noisy as time wore on, the re-issue has sealed conductive plastic potentiometers to improve the usable life-span.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003eWith a wide range of features and functions, the new ADR Compex by Q2 Audio can meet the needs of any dynamic-processing task, adding a character and flavor all its own. Those familiar with the original Compex will be pleased to see how faithfully recreated this reincarnate really is, with a few enhancements and updates to make one of the best compressor\/limiters just that much better.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Q2 Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44450799419495,"sku":"169804","price":895.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0658\/8848\/5479\/files\/q2-audio-compex-f765-500-0106-used_169804_1.jpg?v=1787094574","url":"https:\/\/vintageking.mom\/products\/q2-audio-compex-f765-500-0106-used","provider":"Vintage King","version":"1.0","type":"link"}