Spencerleehorton
Well-known member
Hi All,
i've just read up a little on the CL-1B and didn't realise how different this compressor was:
The Tube-Tech CL 1B compressor differs from many other compressors, in that the gain reduction element is made from a non-semiconductor element, which in itself has a very low harmonic distortion and none of the non-linearity problems involved when using most semiconductor elements. Furthermore there is no long-term degradation of the element thus giving it almost infinite life. This signal processor is placed after the input-transformer of the compressor and followed by an all tube-based amplifier with a gain of 0dB to +30 dB. Thus the signal is not fed through any semiconductor circuitry on its way to the output.
would it be possible to design something similar using a non-semiconductor element? this ideas sound great.
regards
Spence.
i've just read up a little on the CL-1B and didn't realise how different this compressor was:
The Tube-Tech CL 1B compressor differs from many other compressors, in that the gain reduction element is made from a non-semiconductor element, which in itself has a very low harmonic distortion and none of the non-linearity problems involved when using most semiconductor elements. Furthermore there is no long-term degradation of the element thus giving it almost infinite life. This signal processor is placed after the input-transformer of the compressor and followed by an all tube-based amplifier with a gain of 0dB to +30 dB. Thus the signal is not fed through any semiconductor circuitry on its way to the output.
would it be possible to design something similar using a non-semiconductor element? this ideas sound great.
regards
Spence.