Tfpro P38V8 Legacy

• Fabricant : Tfpro
• Modèle : P38V8 Legacy
• Catégorie : Compresseurs de studio
• Fiche créée le : 18/10/2024

It’s called the ‘V8’ not only because it’s the 8th design of stereo compressor in the P38 series, but also it’s because it has 8 circuit innovations that make it special.

It’s the ‘LEGACY’ because it’s the direct descendant of Ted Fletcher’s first optical compressors dating back to the 1960s, these compressors were used universally, even on classical music where their natural sounding compression enhanced countless commercial recordings.

The LEGACY is a ‘back to basics’ compressor without the special features of the P38EX or the P38V7, it is designed to give the most honest opto-compressor sound possible when used with digital recording systems.

The LEGACY is also  ‘back to basics’ on price too…… solid and hand built in the UK, but without the frills of  expensive control knobs and other ‘finery’, it is affordable by the smaller studio, but with full LEGACY performance instantly recognisable as superior and more versatile than any regular compressors.

The 8 circuit features are:

• Transformer inputs; they provide total ‘ground free’ connectivity from other equipment, eliminating hum and distortion caused by ground loops. these special transformers operating in current mode give extended frequency response and eliminate transformer core distortion.
• Feedback input control makes input overload virtually impossible; you can drive 30 volts+ into the input stages without overload or distortion.
• Original optical cells as used in the first optical compressors in the 1960s, these have unique time constants that just sound right!
• Original Ted Fletcher sidechain filters as used in the early compressors to minimise low frequency ‘heaving’ and ‘breathing’ (actually, these are better than the old ones!)
• Original ‘auto control’ network so that transient sounds release faster than continuous sounds; this is one of the reasons those early compressors were so successful.
• Accurate audio and compression metering, recently developed to give better indication of state of compression, and highly responsive VU metering of overall signal level, but with built-in meter protection for when the engineer gets enthusiastic!
• Hard-wire switched by-pass gives 100% true comparison of compressed to uncompressed audio.
• Massive powerful output stages can drive audio into any load, and at any level up to near +30dB.

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