Gainlab Audio Dictator
tube vari-mu compressor (stereo-linkable)
Compressor / LimiterPrice not published
Specifications
- Type
- Compressor / Limiter
- Description
- tube vari-mu compressor (stereo-linkable)
- Topology
- tube/valve, dual pentode vari-mu, mu-follower sidechain, transformer-coupled (Permalloy)
- Signal path
- Analog
- Channels
- 2
- Channel format
- stereo (linked) or dual-mono operation
- Form factor
- rackmount
- Rack units
- 2U
- Powered
- internal PSU, mains (230V AC EU / 110V AC US)
- Frequency response
- 20Hz-20kHz ±1dB
- Impedance (Ω)
- input >10k, output <65
Details
I/O: 2x balanced XLR in, 2x balanced XLR out
Notable use: Product page cites use by artists/engineers associated with Slipknot, Nine Inch Nails, Helloween, Billy Talent
Notes: FLAG: page explicitly states design philosophy 'inspired by the Fairchild 670 and Gates STA-Level' -- classic vari-mu lineage. Military-grade NOS pentodes sourced from former Warsaw Pact countries (Hungary/East Germany/Poland) per page -- this describes TUBE SOURCING, not confirmed device country_of_manufacture, so that field left blank. Max input +22dBu, max output >26dBu, THD+N <0.3% @0dBu. Listed at EUR 2,360.00 on Gainlab store -- EUR basis, no USD published. Rack height '2U' inferred from 483x280x89mm dims; flagged as inference. Companion 'Dictator Graphite' variant is explicitly marked Discontinued on site and excluded from this catalog per scope.