INCREASED HEADROOM WITHOUT CLIPPING

CAN MIX CLEAN AND COMPRESSED SIGNAL

BASED ON THE DIAMOND BCP-1, WITH IMPROVEMENTS

MADE IN ENGLAND

EQZ ALLOWS FOR ENHANCEMENTS OF CERTAIN FREQUENCIES

DESCRIPTION

The Alma Compressor MK3, an opto-isolator compressor, is an evolution of it’s predecessor; it retains all the original elements and it adds a few more.

A voltage doubler (internal circuit) doubles the voltage being fed. This makes it possible to have 36v when powering from an 18v supply. The pedal can be run from 9v to 18v (max). The higher voltage operation significantly increases the headroom and prevents unwanted clipping/distortion, caused by hotter signals.

CONTROLS

CLN: Clean signal. When mixed with the compressed signal, the CLN allows for parallel compression, which can help bring some of that clarity back to your playing. This acts as a Volume control for the clean signal.

COM: Compression/Gain level. This is the compression amount. It acts, both, as the threshold and makeup gain.

VOLcom: Compressed volume signal. This is the volume for the compressed signal.

EQZ: Tilt equalizer. Together with the SHIFT EQZ, the EQZ allows to gently (and musically) compensate for different sounding instruments.

SHIFT EQZ: Shifts between 900Hz or 250Hz for the tilt EQ center frequency.

RATIO SWITCH: 2:1/ 4:1/ 8:1 compression ratios

ATK SWITCH:. Select between slow and fast attacks

-6db SWITCH: -6db attenuation at the input

TECHNICAL

Voltage Operation

• 9 to 18v Dc (Centre Negative)

Current Draw

• 9v (+-18v internal)= 37mA
• 18v (+-36v internal)= 59mA