Drawmer 1968 MkII Dual Channel Tube Compressor

Drawmer 1968 MkII Dual Channel Tube Compressor Overview

Drawmer 1968 MkII Dual Channel Tube Compressor

Blend valves and FETs for quality compression. The 1968 MkII is a 1U Tube/FET ‘stereo bus’ compressor which by design delivers a transparent ‘open’ sound even during periods of heavy compression.

The original Drawmer 1960 used a tube stage at the front of the compressor, whilst the 1968 MkII utilises a J-FET (Field Effect Transistor) gain reduction circuit that operates faster than an opto-isolator. The compressor uses a 12AX7 tube makeup gain amplifier where you can add, with the Output Gain control, up to 20 dB of additional gain. The need for a ratio control has been removed as the compressor operates on the soft knee principle where the onset of compression is progressive.

The 1968 MkII expands attack times to six choices: 2, 9, 15, 25, 30 and 50 ms. Release times come in three fixed times (100ms, 500 ms and 1 second) and three program-dependent choices--200 ms to 2 sec, 500 ms to 5 sec and 1 to 10 seconds--all program-dependent and automatic.

Features

• 2 Channel Tube/FET Compressor.
• 2 soft-knee compressors with variable threshold, attack, release and output gain.
• Switchable BIG and BIGGER control on each channel.
• Dual mono or true stereo link operation.
• Side chain access and side chain listen facility.
• VU metering of gain reduction and output levels.
• Switchable +10dB mode on VU re-scales the meter for users working at ‘hot’ output levels.
• VU red warning glow to signify ‘approaching clipping’.
• Balanced +4dB XLR in/outs.