Orban 412A (412-A) Original Blueface Compressor/Limiter

This used Orban 412A Compressor/Limiter comes with an attached Power Cable.

Condition

This compressor is in very good condition with normal cosmetic wear, has been fully tested, and works great. Please see pictures for details on item condition.

Product Details

The 412A is Orban's entry into the general-purpose compressor/limiter sweepstakes - it's designed to make you, the audio professional, the winner! Based on circuitry from the extremely popular Orban 424A (Gated Compressor/Limiter/De-Esser: the "Studio Optimod"), the 412A offers the controls and features most demanded by audio professionals. This is a no-frills unit with all the essentials-plus no-compromise sound, performance, quality and reliability at a very attractive price.

Familiar ATTACK TIME, RELEASE TIME, RATIO and OUTPUT ATTENUATOR controls make operation quick and intuitive. Both THRESHOLD and INPUT ATTENUATOR controls are available, so you can adjust the amount of G/R exactly according to the needs of your application-the 412A can keep above-threshold output level or below-threshold gain constant, depending on which control you adjust. And Orban's proprietary low-distortion Class-A VCA lets you adjust the THRESHOLD control without compromising headroom or signal-to-noise ratio: They stay optimized over the control's 20dB range.

Attack and release times are program-controlled: the ATTACK TIME and RELEASE TIME controls simply scale the complex time constants faster or slower. With these controls set beyond about "I 2:00", the 412A produces very natural, open sound with considerable short-term dynamic range-even when the unit is adjusted for high compression ratios. As time constants are sped up, the result is increased loudness and density with a minimum of unnatural compression artifacts. So, depending on the settings of these controls, the 41 2A can serve as a peak limiter, a pure, gentle compressor, or a combination compressor/limiter.