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Serpent Audio Splice-500 MKII

FET Compressor

Compressor / Limiter

$1,349Manufacturer list price

Specifications

Type
Compressor / Limiter
Description
FET Compressor
Topology
FET, discrete, dual-mode (switchable Blackface / Bluestripe circuit topologies)
Signal path
Analog
Channels
1
Channel format
mono (stereo linkable with second unit via supplied cable)
Form factor
500-series module, single-wide
Connection
500-series (±16V DC, 175mA)
Country of manufacture
USA

Details

Controls: Ratio (2:1, 4:1, 8:1, 12:1, 20:1, plus 1:1/soft-bypass), 'Slam' mode (All-Buttons-In emulation), selectable 600Ω output loading, sidechain High-Pass Filter, stereo-link switch

I/O: Standard 500-series I/O via rack; stereo-link port for pairing two units

Notable use: 500-series-format version of the Splice MKII 1176-style FET compressor, packing the rackmount unit's mode-switching (Blackface/Bluestripe) into a single slot

Notes: Site used: serpentaudio.com (official product page, confirmed live) + dealer listings for price (consistent ~$1,349 across retailers, some listed as 'starting at'). High confidence. Lineage: same 1176 Blackface/Bluestripe dual-mode design as the rackmount Splice MKII, condensed to 500-series format. Confirmed single-wide (single-slot) format via multiple dealer descriptions. year_intro left blank, not stated.

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