New Drawmer 1978 Stereo FET compressor introduced at Musikmesse 2015

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Drawmer will introduce in Frankfurt this month a new stereo FET compressor with sidechain capability, called 1978.

Drawmer debuted the 70 series last year at Musikmesse with the 1973 multiband compressor. They will introduce at the show the 1978, a stereo FET version equipped with a switch that offers four different compression characters, a saturation control to add harmonic distortion to the signal and a sidechain section with high-pass and low-pass filters and a wet/dry mix control.

Specifications:

Continuously variable attack between 0.2 ms and 100 ms
Continuously variable release between 0.5 and 3.25 s
Continuously variable ratio between 1:1 and 10:1
Continuously variable threshold between +20 dB and –40 dB
HIgh-pass and low-pass filters with adjustable frequencies
4-position Character switch
Variable saturation control
Sidechain insert points on each channel with 2-band EQ
2 bicolor VU-meters to monitor the amount of saturation
XLR inputs and outputs
Relays on the outputs
Internal power supply with voltage select switch
19” 1U rack format

The 1978 Stereo FET Compressor is manufactured in the UK. No information regarding the price of release date. Details will soon be online at www.drawmer.com.