Gainlab Audio Wizard
stereo tube saturator with vari-mu-based 'Pressure' dynamics control
Saturation / CharacterPrice not published
Specifications
- Type
- Saturation / Character
- Description
- stereo tube saturator with vari-mu-based 'Pressure' dynamics control
- Topology
- tube/valve, vari-mu principle ('Pressure' control), 3-band preset EQ, HPF
- Signal path
- Analog
- Channels
- 2
- Channel format
- stereo
- Form factor
- rackmount
- Rack units
- 2U
- Powered
- internal PSU, mains (230V AC EU / 110V AC US)
- Frequency response
- 20Hz-20kHz +0.5dB/-1dB
Details
Controls: Input/output level, Feed (clean-signal blend), Bias, 3-band preset EQ, high-pass filter, Pressure (vari-mu-based dynamics), output meter, saturation and dynamics indicators
I/O: 2x XLR in, 2x XLR out
Notable use: Product page cites members of Slipknot, Lorna Shore, Queens of the Stone Age, and mix engineer David Gnozzi (MixbusTV)
Notes: FLAG: 'Pressure' control is explicitly described as based on the vari-mu compression principle applied to saturation/dynamics shaping -- effectively a hybrid saturator/compressor rather than a pure harmonic saturator. Max input +28dBu, max output +30dBu, SNR >90dB (10% THD), stereo balance ±1dB, weight 6.9kg. Listed at EUR 2,990.00 on Gainlab store -- EUR basis, no USD published. Rack height '2U' inferred from stated 483x280x89mm dims; flagged as inference (one automated page summary called it 'standalone, not rack-mounted', which conflicts with the 483mm/19-inch-rack-width dimension also given on the same page -- treated as rackmount 2U with this discrepancy flagged).