Tube-Tech CL 1B
Opto Compressor
Compressor / Limiter$5,250Manufacturer list price
Specifications
- Type
- Compressor / Limiter
- Description
- Opto Compressor
- Topology
- all-tube, opto (optical/photocell gain reduction), transformer-balanced I/O
- Signal path
- Analog
- Channels
- 1
- Channel format
- Mono
- Form factor
- 19-inch rack
- Rack units
- 2U
- Connection
- 1/4" TRS link/bus jack for stereo or multi-unit linking
- Powered
- Yes (internal mains PSU)
- Frequency response
- 5 Hz - 25 kHz @ -3 dB
- Impedance (Ω)
- 600 (input)
- Country of manufacture
- Denmark
Details
Controls: Threshold (Off to -40 dBU), Ratio (2:1-10:1), continuously variable Attack/Release, Output Gain (Off to +30 dBU), clickless In/Out relay, 3-position Bus selector (Off/Bus1/Bus2), VU meter (In/GR/Out)
I/O: Balanced XLR in/out, transformer-coupled and fully floating; 1/4" TRS jack for Bus 1/Bus 2 linking
Notable use: Tube-Tech's best-selling/most widely used product; industry-standard vocal compressor, heavily used on hip-hop/R&B vocal productions
Notes: FLAG: opto-tube compressor (optical/photocell gain-reduction element, not VCA/FET). price_usd is a Sweetwater dealer-listed price, not a manufacturer-published MSRP; street prices seen from $3,799 (Thomann) to $4,725 (Vintage King) at other dealers - treat as approximate. This is a standard 19" rack unit, not 500-series; Tube-Tech's only 500-series-style product (CM1A, Modular RM Series) is discontinued per tube-tech.com.