Shadow Hills Industries Mastering Compressor
Mastering compressor
Compressor / Limiter$10,688Manufacturer list price
Specifications
- Type
- Compressor / Limiter
- Description
- Mastering compressor
- Topology
- discrete, Class A; two-stage design combining an electro-optical (T4B-style) compressor stage and a discrete Class-A VCA compressor/limiter stage, each with independently selectable Nickel/Iron/Steel output transformers and sidechain filter
- Signal path
- Analog
- Channels
- 2
- Channel format
- stereo / dual mono
- Form factor
- 19-inch rack
- Rack units
- 2U (plus separate 2U external PSU)
- Powered
- requires external PSU (sold separately)
- Country of manufacture
- USA
Details
Controls: 17 detented rotary switches: 6 ratios (1.2:1, 2:1, 3:1, 4:1, 6:1, 10:1), 6 attack times (0.1-30ms), 6 release times (0.1s-Auto), sidechain filter, output transformer select (Nickel/Iron/Steel), meter select, bypass
I/O: Transformer-balanced stereo/dual-mono in and out; selectable sidechain filter; external PSU (sold separately, powers up to 2 units)
Notes: FLAG selectable-transformer feature (Nickel/Iron/Steel, independently selectable per stage). Dual VU meters plus a Magic Eye indicator tube for metering (per dealer descriptions, not confirmed on official site due to expired SSL cert on shadowhillsindustries.com). Price basis: dealer-stated new retail with PSU (retrogearshop.com, equipboard.com aggregation) ranging ~$9,985-$10,688; official MSRP not independently confirmed. Flagship / best-known Shadow Hills product, combines opto + VCA stages in one unit.