For sale is a MINT condition Foote Control Systems PS3 analogue stereo bus compressor made in the USA. This is a high quality niche compressor often dubbed by users as the "Swiss Army Knife" of compressors. This compressor is infamous for compression without actually hearing the compression (but you can make it be heard if you want it to). I have had it for several years but because I am mostly ITB these days, I have not used it for more then 20 - 30 hours. The unit is in pristine and clean condition and from a smoke-free studio. To me it looks flawless.

This model was also upgraded to premium knobs at the time of purchase. They are plastic but more sturdy (no wiggle) than the originals at the time of manufacture. It comes with its original switchable external power supply and can work anywhere in the world, including the UK. 

Please note that these are quite difficult to get at a reasonable price outside the USA. Such a unit will easily cost you above £2,000 after customs import charges and currency conversion from GBP to USD. 

FEATURES: 

·         "A/R" pushbutton enables the "Attack" and "Release" controls when pressed.
·         The Attack control has a range of 1.5ms to 150ms at 10dB of compression
·         The Release control has a range of 15ms to 750ms at 10dB of compression

**Note that the AR timing circuit operates in the peak domain**

"N/L" pushbutton enables the "non-linear capacitor" circuit when pressed for automatic adaptive compression. 

**Note that the NL timing circuit operates in the RMS domain**

"RMS" pushbutton enables the fixed RMS timing feature when pressed.

These functions are available at all times simultaneously and can be mixed for unique and unusual compression types.

There is a "hidden feature" here. When the "RMS", "A/R" and "N/L" pushbuttons are out, a distortion "effect" is available which is controllable by the "Ratio" control. This distortion is the result of extremely fast compression timings that result when none of the usual timing functions are enabled. It might be useful or not.

"F/B" pushbutton sets the topology of the compressor to feedback when pressed. When this switch is out, it is in feedforward mode. While in feedback mode you will notice that the Gain knob now has influence on the ratio of the compressor, as it is interactive with the Ratio knob.

"HPF" pushbutton enables a 70 Hz high pass filter into the sidechain when pressed to prevent low frequency content from dominating the compression.

"OT" Engages the Custom FCS Output Transformers for a different flavour.

Summary

•          Pristine, all analog audio path
•          Fully balanced audio I/O on Neutrik XLR connectors
•          Switchable Discrete Class A with Custom output transformers
•          High quality potentiometers
•          RMS Mode that uses the human ear's responses as a compression model
•          A/R Mode that allows the user to custom tailor attack and release times
•          N/L mode that automatically adjusts time constants using program
•          material content
•          A high pass filter at 70 Hz before the detector to limit how much low frequencies contribute to overall compression shape
•          Threshold range from -30dB to +15dB
•          Ratio continuously variable from 1:1 through 12:1
•          Makeup gain range from 0dB to +20dB
•          Fast LED metering to display the gain reduction of the compressor.
•          Maximum output level of +24dBu
•          Phantom power protected output structure.
•          Input Impedance: 20K Ohms balanced, 10K Ohms unbalanced
•          Output impedance: 50 Ohms
•          Output automatically configures itself for balanced or unbalanced loads.

If you have any questions, please get in contact. 

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