Q2 Audio Compex F760X-RS

Controls: Threshold (11 steps, -20 to 0dB), Ratio (1:1/2:1/3:1/5:1/10:1/20:1), Attack (250µs/2.5ms/25ms), Release (9 steps 25ms-3.2s plus Auto), Expander/Gate section with Attack/Release/Range controls, peak limiter (fixed <0.25ms attack, 250ms release, 100:1 ratio), Simpson analog gain-reduction meter per channel

I/O: Balanced XLR in/out per channel; 1/4" TRS side-chain insert per channel (internally jumper-switchable between compressor and expander/gate sidechain)

Notable use: Used by engineers Ross Hogarth (Van Halen, Ziggy Marley), Michael Wagener (Metallica, Motley Crue), and Vance Powell (Jack White, Chris Stapleton) per Q2 Audio's Artists/Users page

Notes: FLAG: authorized reissue of the ADR (Audio & Design Recording) Compex F760 FET compressor/limiter/expander, licensed by ADR to Q2 Audio circa 2005 per Q2's About page. FLAG: task brief's default guidance of topology='discrete, VCA' does NOT apply here — multiple independent sources (Mix Online, ManualsLib manual excerpt, Q2 product copy) confirm the Compex circuit is FET-based, not VCA; recorded as 'discrete, FET' instead. FLAG: task brief assumed Q2 Audio is UK-based/GBP-priced; verified sources (Q2 About page, Mix Online) instead state the unit is designed and manufactured by Q2 Audio in Royal Oak, Michigan, USA — recorded country_of_manufacture as United States, not blank/UK. price_usd of $3,940 is the current Front End Audio dealer listing (2026); an older 2015-era Mix Online article cited $2,750, which appears outdated and was not used. An optional transformer-equipped variant (F760X-RS-TX, adds CineMag-style I/O transformers, +22dBu max output vs +18dBu standard) is sold by dealers at ~$4,560 — not cataloged as a separate SKU here since Q2's own product page presents transformers as an option on the same unit. year_intro of 2005 is inferred from Q2's About page description of a 'circa 2005' partnership with ADR to reissue the design; not an explicitly stated launch year, treat as approximate. digital_control='no' is inferred from the absence of any digital control/recall features across all sourced specs (fully manual switches/pots) — not explicitly stated as such on the site.