Focusrite Red 3 Dual Compressor / Limiter

Red 3 Dual Compressor / Limiter description:

The Focusrite RED 3 Dual Compressor/Limiter. Ultimate mix bus compressor with a huge reputation.

The Focusrite RED 3 uses an unusual and original single-VCA design to achieve high quality and truly independent compression and limiting. Proprietary Focusrite design is fully discrete and balanced, offering superb low noise and distortion, and excellent common-mode rejection. Sidechain electronics are Class A, ensuring superb transient response. Features include a stereo switch for true stereo operation from a single set of controls, key inputs with illuminated push-button selection, illuminated push-button switches for compressor/limiter in/out on each channel, and precision VU metering of signal level or gain change (switched). It can also operate as a discrete channel unit.

The main features of the Focusrite RED 3 include:

• Ultimate mix bus compressor with a huge reputation
• Original single-VCA design achieves high quality and truly independent compression and limiting
• Superb low noise and distortion, and excellent common-mode rejection
• Stereo switch for true stereo operation from a single set of controls
• Key inputs with illuminated push-button selection
• Illuminated push-button switches for compressor/limiter in/out on each channel
• Precision VU metering of signal level or gain change (switched)
• Can operate as a discrete channel unit
• Frequency response: 5Hz to 200kHz
• Noise: Better than -80dB below +4dBu output level
• Distortion: 0.02% with input at 0dBu at 1kHz/0.006% (+10dBu @ 1kHz)/ 0.004% (+20dBu @ 1kHz)