IGS Audio Tubecore
Vari-mu tube mastering compressor
Compressor / LimiterPrice not published
Specifications
- Type
- Compressor / Limiter
- Description
- Vari-mu tube mastering compressor
- Topology
- tube/valve, vari-mu
- Signal path
- Analog
- Channels
- 2
- Channel format
- stereo / dual-mono, Mid-Side capable
- Form factor
- rackmount
- Rack units
- 3
- Powered
- yes (internal PSU)
- Frequency response
- 20Hz-20kHz +/-0.2dB
- Impedance (Ω)
- 10000 in / 600 out
- Country of manufacture
- Poland
Details
Controls: Input, Threshold, Output; independent Attack/Release switches; sidechain HPF (60/120Hz/off); Wet/Dry mix (0-100%, 4dB steps); dual bypass mode switch; user-replaceable tubes (6N1P-EW std, optional 6BC8/5670/6386)
I/O: XLR balanced in (10k ohm, custom transformer), XLR balanced out (600 ohm, custom transformer)
Notes: Evokes classic vari-mu mastering compressors (Fairchild-adjacent lineage, not a direct clone). Rack version; separate row exists for Tubecore 500. Price EUR-only (2990 EUR), not converted per rule. Country of manufacture from IGS's own public statements ("handmade in Poland"), not stated verbatim on this product page.