TL Audio Ivory 5021 MK2 Dual Valve Compressor

Ivory 5021 MK2 Dual Valve Compressor description:

The TL Audio IVORY 5021 MK2 Dual Valve Compressor. Fatten your sound and shape your dynamics with this affordable, flexible yet powerful Dual Valve Compressor.

The TL Audio IVORY 5021 MK2 provides everything you would expect from a TL Audio compressor - first class audio quality, bags of flexibility and a price tag so modest you'd be forgiven for thinking it was a printing error. The 5021 features hard and soft knee modes, four attack and release times, an optical gate design and an optional digital output. Like the C-1 compressor, the 5021 uses a special transconductance amplifier design that avoids the use of VCAs - ensuring maximum audio transparency. Whether youre hitting the end stops or just providing gentle dynamic control, the 5021 delivers super-smooth results every time.

The main features of the TL Audio IVORY 5021 MK2 include:

• Fatten your sound and shape your dynamics with this affordable, flexible yet powerful Dual Valve Compressor
• Each channel provides continuously variable control of: Input Gain, Threshold, Ratio, Gain Make-Up and Output Gain
• Four attack times: from 'Fast' (0.5mS) to 'Slow' (40mS)
• Four release times: from 'Fast' (40mS) to 'Slow' (4S)
• Hard/soft knee compression modes automatic hold facility reduces lf distortion
• Optical gate with variable control of threshold (from -10dB to 'off')
• Bypass and Stereo link modes
• Switchable VU meters provide indication of output level or gain reduction
• Drive and Peak LEDs to indicate internal signal levels
• Front panel instrument inputs
• Balanced XLR line inputs/outputs duplicated on unbalanced jack connectors
• Sidechain insert points
• Optional 24 bit stereo digital output