The MXR Studio Compressor is a clean quiet compressor designed for the best and cleanest possible signal. A compressor of this nature, in our view, should be without distortion, without alteration of tone, and quiet. This compressor fits that bill.

So what should a compressor do in general? Imagine the volume range of your playing, the loudest louds and the quietest quiets. Not only is there a volume difference, but there's a tone difference between the two playing styles. A compressor will squish those volume differences closer together while maintaining those tones. In some ways this is great, and in some ways, it becomes a little stale as everything has the same volume, and it doesn't saturate and respond like we think a tube amp should, and I say tube amp because that's the sound we tend to associate with a guitar.

The MXR Studio Compressor is one of the cleanest and quietest compressors around, with all the programmability and flexibility you could ever ask for.