Close
Recommended accessories
Customer Feedback
Next
- heidi u. | 18.02.2025
Next
- davide p. | 19.11.2024
Next
- alexios k. | 14.10.2024
Next
- paul f. | 28.11.2024
Next
- lukas f. | 14.11.2024

Carl Martin Classic Opto-Compressor

Gitarren-Kompressor-Bodenpedal
  • Carl Martin Classic Opto-Compressor
EUR 135.15
Incl. VAT. Free delivery in Poland from EUR 199
The classic Opto-Compressor sounds as good as some top-dollar studio components.

One day while Carl was adding some compression to a guitar track in his studio, he thought, why hasn't anyone built a small opto-compressor for guitarists?
Product Rating5.0 out of 5 | 1 review |   Write a review

Description

An optical compressor performs gain reduction control via a light source into a photo sensitive cell... as the light source gets brighter, the photo sensitive cell sends a signal to reduce dynamic range, or what becomes a compressed signal. Welcome to the Vintage Opto-Compressor....an old-school compressor from the days where colouring was an important factor to the sound. The four controls (from left to right) are the Gain, which controls the 'pre-glow' of the optical circuit (the more you turn this up, the fatter the sound); Level, which controls the overall volume of the compressor; Compression, which controls how hard or soft the compression is, and the Attack control which takes the signal from transparent to outright total squeeze. A short time with this compressor will allow you to find some of those classic guitar sounds which may somehow have escaped you before. Again, like all the Vintage pedals, the Opto-Compressor comes in a solid diecast housing with cool chicken-head knobs, CM colour and graphics and a 9v battery compartment. Due to the nature of compressors, we highly recommend a regulated power supply (like the CM Big John) or a large stock of batteries.....

Attributes

Product Details
Product Number 161187
Brand Carl Martin
Series Vintage Series
Category Gitarren-Kompressor-Bodenpedal
Brand Category Carl Martin - Kompressor
Relevancy rank 42 of 57
Date August 2013
Dimension
Box Depth 228mm
Box Height 127mm
Gross Weight 0.66kg

Reviews (1)

Overall reviewProduct Rating
[message:review-feature-name-operation]:  Product Rating
[message:review-feature-name-features]:  Product Rating
[message:review-feature-name-sound]:  Product Rating
Product Rating
1 customer
Product Rating
nobody
Product Rating
nobody
Product Rating
nobody
Product Rating
nobody
Overall reviewProduct Rating
[message:review-feature-name-operation]:  Product Rating
[message:review-feature-name-features]:  Product Rating
[message:review-feature-name-sound]:  Product Rating
Empfehlung

Da ich auf der Suche nach einem Kompressor war, der dezent arbeitet (nicht pumpt), jedoch merklich was tut, ist dieser für meine Anwendung genau das Richtige und für die Strat ein 'Immer-An-Effekt'. Der Effekt lässt sich sehr genau einstellen und der Blend-Regler (bei diesem Gerät 'Gain') ermöglicht auch dezentes Zumischen des komprimierten Signals. Die Ratio ist mit 12:1 fix und sehr hoch, was mir aber nicht negativ aufgefallen wäre.

Für Gitarristen, die einen schnellen und hörbaren Kompressor (z.B. für Country-Picking) suchen bestimmt nicht das Richtige, für ausgewogene dezente Kompression aber 1A. Das Gehäuse ist recht gross und nimmt somit viel Platz auf dem Board in Anspruch (was ich nicht so mag) - für jemanden der aber häufig die Einstellungen ändert ist dies sicher ein Vorteil.

Report incorrect data about this product
Recommended accessories
Quantity:-+
Why MusiX?
  • 3 Year Warranty
  • 30,000 products in stock
  • Daily deliveries
Customer Feedback
Next
- christian w. | 16.10.2024
Next
- stefan f. | 06.08.2024
Next
- stephan n. | 13.09.2024
Next
- david k. | 23.10.2024
Next
- nick w. | 02.09.2024
Your Settings
Discount base: 1. Previous MusiX price, 2. Recommended list price