The 661 Expressor™ with Tubessence™ is a Compressor, Limiter, Expander, and Dynamics Controller with a warm, vintage tube sound that operates fully automatically or manually to give you superb control for those difficult tracks.
Tubessence is a true tube circuit which provides that "vintage" tube sound without high the heat, bulk, short life, fragility, and sonic variability found in traditional tube designs.
Easyrider is an Automatic mode that actually works, consisting of the Wave dependent Compressor™ (WDC) circuit which takes the guesswork out of compressing individual instruments and vocals especially in live mixes. WDC automatically adjusts attack and release times according to the complexity of the program material. Its No-Knee™ compression curve makes the transition into compression virtually invisible.
In the Manual mode, the Model 661 provides the full complement of compressor adjustments such as Ratio, Attack, and Release, for maximum flexibility. Express yourself and get those "punch", "slap", "fat", "pump", and "squeeze" sounds fast and clean.
The 661 includes the patented High Frequency Expander® (HFX) which decompresses high frequencies, with user-adjustable ratio and corner frequency. Add "life" and "air" to your compressed signals without fear of background noise pumping.
The Spectral Phase Refractor™ restores clarity and punch to your tracks. Bass frequencies are more defined with more apparent power. Higher frequencies also seem to gain more detail and presence.
Features:
- Auto or full Manual operation.
- In Auto mode, compression parameters constantly change for best sound
- A true tube circuit (Tubessence) in the output stage for a "warm", "live" and "full" sound
- HFX allows the use of high compression ratios without the loss of high frequencies
- SPR increases the apparent bass energy level, without amplitude equalization or bass boost
- Use Sidechain Access sends jacks for creative processing (de-essing and ducking)
- Stereo, dual mono or master/ slave operation for total flexibility
