TL Audio Ivory C5021

2-channel Valve Compressor

Published in SOS September 1998
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Two-Channel Valve Compressor

PAUL WHITE finds the best of both valve and solid state worlds in TL Audio's
latest compressor.

 

TL Audio's C5021 is the latest in the Ivory series of hybrid valve/solid-state signal processors and combines a dual-channel compressor with a pair of gates. The valve circuitry is in the preamp and gain control stage of the compressor, while the output and side-chain circuitry is solid-state. In theory, then, the user gets the best of both technologies for far less than the cost of an all-valve design. The preamp valve stage has variable drive allowing the amount of valve 'flavouring' to be adjusted.

pros & cons

TWO-CHANNEL VALVE
COMPRESSOR £469

pros
Super smooth compressor.
Effective tube warmth stage.
Offers both line and instrument inputs.
Realistically priced.

cons

Gate a little fierce at higher threshold settings.

summary

Published in SOS September 1998

 

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