A dual channel class A limiter with superior sound and improved user control.
The dual channel Daking FET III compressor limiter from Geoff Daking is built in the US with the same
audio path and detector circuits as their highly successful single channel Daking FET II limiter. The FET III compressor circuitry
and gain stages are all discrete and fully Class "A" with sound quality that will be at the very top of the scale. Our previous
single channel FET II was known for its speed, high performance and its unique ability to sound great on an extraordinary
variety of sources. The Daking FET III will equal this benchmark plus add several unique features to improve user control.
The differences are as follows:
The Daking compressor's variable High Pass Filters from 0 to 200Hz are added to the
detector stage of each limiter channel to improve and customize limiter behavior. The HPF's tell the limiter NOT to trigger
limiting based on content below the set HPF frequency. This is extremely helpful on bass heavy material. This greatly widens
the audio compressor's potential application set and the ability of the user to set this new behavior "on the fly".
Variable
linking between channels is envisioned for use when compressing two different tracks, such as bass and kick, to tie limiter
action together to greater or lesser degrees. The compressor's Stereo Link is continuously variable from 0 to ∞.
All
controls except "Ratio" are pots. The variable pots add the ability to fine tune behaviors in the studio. Mastering engineers
may prefer the repeatability of switches, such as those on the FET II, which will continue in the Daking compressor line.
The
FET II's relied on control voltage summing for the stereo linking. Because the Daking FET III stereo compressor is two independent
units in one box, it uses audio summing, which is much more accurate.
The Daking FET III compressor uses THAT CORP
differential amps in and out (electronically balanced). The FET II has transformers in and out but they are 1:1 input to output
so they do not "color" the sound. (A mic input transformer at 1:10 ratio in a mic pre would color the sound significantly.)
The common mode rejection in Daking FET III compressor is equal to that of FET II. The FET III output level is +24 while the
FET II can be as high as +30.
The FET III and FET II both use an outboard power supply.
The unit is fully RoHs
compliant.
Daking FET III Stereo Compressor Features:
- Ultra-flexible and easy to use
- Fast transparent compression
- Variable filter in the detector circuit
- High headroom +24 In and Out
- Easy to read illuminated VU meters
- Continuously variable stereo linking
- Attack 250uS to 64MS
- Release .5 Sec to auto dual time constant
- Ratios from 1.5:1 to 20:1
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