Maselec MDS-2
Mastering de-esser / HF limiter
Compressor / Limiter$4,400Manufacturer list price
Specifications
- Type
- Compressor / Limiter
- Description
- Mastering de-esser / HF limiter
- Topology
- discrete, precision stepped controls
- Signal path
- Analog
- Channels
- 2
- Channel format
- stereo / dual-mono, linkable
- Form factor
- Rack
- Rack units
- 1U
- Powered
- internal AC PSU (mains powered)
- Impedance (Ω)
- 100000
- Country of manufacture
- United Kingdom
Details
Controls: dual-mono linkable HF limiter/de-esser, per-channel 6-segment gain-reduction meter, threshold control, release switch, M-S sidechain switch to focus HF limiting on stereo center
I/O: balanced XLR 3-pin inputs and outputs, 100k ohm ground-floating electronically balanced input impedance
Notable use: Purpose-built mastering de-esser providing up to 11dB of gain reduction focused around 2kHz and above.
Notes: device_class set to Compressor / Limiter per instructions since this is a de-esser/HF limiter, not a broadband EQ. Confirmed current per Studiocare UK/RSPE Audio dealer catalogs. One source listed max input/output level as '129dBu', which is almost certainly a typo for +29dBu (matching the MPL-2 spec and general Master Series line) — left as inferred, flagged here rather than stated as a hard spec field. Country of manufacture inferred from retailer tags; maselec.com unreachable during research.