Warm Audio BUS-COMP Stereo VCA Bus Compressor

The Warm Audio BUS-COMP is a two-channel stereo VCA bus compressor that brings the classic VCA bus compression of large-format mixing consoles to your studio. The signal path is fully analog and built around 2180 VCAs. With a single switch, you can engage American Cinemag transformers in the signal path, along with a discrete op-amp stage, for added color and character.

The BUS-COMP is primarily intended for stereo use on your mix bus, drum bus, or overheads, but works just as well on individual sources such as acoustic guitar, keyboards, piano, orchestral instruments, and voice-overs. An external sidechain, an adjustable high-pass filter in the sidechain, and an in/out switch for quick comparison with the unprocessed signal make it a flexible tool.

Specifications:

• Brand: Warm Audio
• Item number: WABUSCOMP
• Type: 2-channel stereo VCA bus compressor
• VCAs: 2180
• Switchable Cinemag transformers with discrete op-amp stage
• Sidechain high-pass filter: 30, 60, 105, 125, or 185 Hz
• External sidechain input
• Compressor in/out switch
• Connections: XLR and TRS
• Frequency range: 18 Hz - 22 kHz
• Noise: lower than -90 dBu
• Dynamic range: more than 120 dB
• THD+N: lower than 0.05% (20 Hz - 20 kHz, +20 dBu)
• Input impedance: 10 kΩ, output impedance: 50 Ω