The Platinum Compounder is a high performance dynamics processor designed for the quality conscious professional and project studio owner. This highly featured unit is an essential tool for any style of music. The combination of high quality compression with the powerful Bass Expander makes this unit a must have for any dance music engineer or musician.

Specifications

Compressor

• Threshold: Range -24dB to 12dB
• Ratio: 1.3:1 through ° (infinity) to over compression
• Slope: select between hard and soft knee
• Attack and Release: Variable or auto (program dependent)
• Attack: 100µs to 100ms
• Release: 100ms to 4s

Limiter

• Threshold Range: 12dBu to 26dBu
• Ratio: (infinity)
• Attack: Fast

Gate

• Threshold Range: -40dB to +10dB
• Gate Range: -20dB or -80dB(full)
• Attack: switched fast or slow
• Release/Hold: variable or fixed 100ms to 4s
• Expander Ratio: 2:1

Inputs

• Electronically balanced, impedance 20kOhm, nominal level +4dBu/-10dBV switchable

Outputs

• Electronically balanced, impedance 50kOhm, nominal level +4dBu
• Unbalanced, ground compensated, impedance 75Ohm, nominal
  level -10dBV

Headroom

• 22dB

THD

• @ +6dBr, all sections IN, no gain reduction: <0.006% (80kHz BW)
• Distortion during gain reduction is determined by the attack and release times set

Noise (22kHz)

• -100dBr (compressor OUT)
• -87dBr (compressor IN)

Frequency Response

• 5Hz - 200kHz +0/-2dB

Reviews

"The Compounder is a powerful, flexible and well behaved addition to the Platinum range, and its bass enhancer is a genuinely useful bonus."

Sound on Sound, May 99

"The ComPounder amounts to a very fine combination of features with the sort of performance and quality you take for granted with Focusrite at any price point."

EQ, July 99