BASS COMPRESSION
The Keeley Bassist Compressor provides true high-fidelity compression and limiting. Be heard and felt using performance compression by Keeley Engineering.
The Bassist Compressor is built around the exotic and extremely high fidelity THAT Corp. 4320. Think of it as very affordable studio-grade compressor in stomp box format! It uses high performance Voltage Controlled Amplifiers, on board true-RMS detector, and ultra high performance op-amps to bring you the very best quality. VCA compressors give you precise control. Therefore they are directly suited to bass guitars. The Keeley Bassist Compressor is both musical and very transparent. Where our older compressors were based on the CA3080 or the LM13700 and are perfect for single coil guitars, the new Keeley Bassist Compressor has no problems with active pre-amps and most of the hottest instrument line level signals! Not only can the Keeley Bassist handle astonishingly large signals, it has an incredible bandwidth of over 20 KHz and incredibly low noise. No detail in your bass guitar’s tone will be lost. The Keeley Bassist will be a sound investment in your tone, you now have rack-mount quality at your feet.
Compression and Threshold
When bass players use the Keeley Bassist Compressor they will be greeted with a sound that is more easily amplified and heard. Using the effect as a limiting amplifier saves your speakers from clipping and distortion. Set the Threshold to look for peaks in your signal and limit distortion from your amplifier or damage to your speakers. Simply watch the Threshold Indicator light to see what type of playing you want to limit, it’s that easy! Next set the Compression Ratio Control to determine how much squash you want when the signal is above Threshold. Set Compression all of the way down for no (1:1) compression and use the Gain control as a boost! Set Compression all of the way up for an above-Threshold hard-knee limiter.
A typical soft compressor setting would be 2:1 above threshold. A good starting ratio for the Compression control may be 4:1 as it generally sounds good with bass guitar. A ratio of 5:1 or 6:1 will sound great for slap or funk-style playing. For synth-bass try 10:1 Compression.
Attack and Release
There is a certain figure that just sounds good as far as compression goes; and that’s 125 dB/second. With feed forward compressors that use this type of true-RMS detector you use a single time constant parameter. The timing capacitor gives you attack and release times that are adaptive to your playing level or the signal input to the compressor. Bottom line: Attack and Release times vary on program content. Attack times are generally speaking, about 100 times faster than release times.
Attack Time: typically 15ms for 10dB, 5ms for 20dB, 3ms for 30dB
Release Time: typically 8ms for 1dB, 40ms for 5dB, 80ms for 10dB, 160ms for 20dB, 240ms for 30dB
Specs:
Voltage Input: 9V
Current Draw: 50mA
Input Impedance 1 Meg ohm
Output Impedance: 100 ohm
Output Voltage Gain: +30dB Boost
Bandwidth > 20kHz
Total Harmonic Distortion: 0.1%
Noise: -95dBV
Threshold Indicator: Dual LED
Professional packing and fast shipping
Through our long-term relationship in a long-standing partnership with UPS, FedEx, DHL and a variety of other leading global carriers, we can offer an array of shipping options. Our warehouse staff will package each item according to our strict specifications. Your items will go through an extensive inspection and be properly packaged prior to being delivered. We ship to thousands customers each day from multiple countries. This is a testament to our determination to become the largest online retailer worldwide. These warehouses are situated in Europe as much as they are in USA.
Orders that include more than one item are assigned processing times for each item.
Prior to shipment Our team will conduct an extensive inspection of the items you purchased. Today, the majority of orders will be shipped within 48 hours. Delivery is expected to take between 3 and 7 days.
Returns
Stock is dynamic. It is not managed entirely by us, as we're involved with several parties such as the factory and the storage. Stock levels can fluctuate at any moment. Be aware that your order may be unable to fill when you have placed the order.
Our policy lasts for 30 days. If 30 days have passed in the past since you purchased, unfortunately we can't offer an exchange or refund.
For your item to be returned, it must be unopened and in the same state as you received it. The item must be returned in the original packaging.
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