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  • Universal Audio LA-2A
    Universal Audio LA-2A
    Leveling Amplifier Electro-Optical Compressor / Limiter with Tube Circuitry You've never worked with a compressor that comes close to the LA-2A! Highly acclaimed by audio pros for its natural compression, the LA-2A brings a special, timeless quality to your recordings that you can't get with any other compressor. A unique electro-optical attenuator system allows instantaneous gain reduction with no...
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    (2 reviews) Sale Price: $3,499.00
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  • Rupert Neve Designs Portico II MBP
    Rupert Neve Designs Portico II MBP
    Special Offer: 18 Months Interest Free Financing from Rupert Neve Designs!
    Portico Master Buss Processor 2-channel Compressor/Limiter/Stereo Field Processor The Rupert Neve Designs Portico II Master Buss Processor lets you enhance, reshape, and polish your sound to perfection. Whether you want to add finishing touches to your master buss, level out a stereo group, or add new life to mono sound sources, the Portico II Master Buss Processor gives you the compression, limiting, and...
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    Sale Price: $3,995.00

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  • Manley Variable Mu
    Manley Variable Mu
    Stereo Limiter Compressor Dual-channel Tube Limiter/Compressor with Stereo Link and True Variable Gain The renowned Manley Stereo Variable Mu compressor/limiter is a favorite of producers and recording engineers - and one listen to what this device does for your sound will make you a believer, too! Anyone who has heard the classic Fairchild 670 Series limiters in action has an idea of this Variable Mu's capabilities - but the sound...
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    (2 reviews) Sale Price: $3,960.00
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  • Tube-Tech CL 1B
    Tube-Tech CL 1B
    Opto-Cell Compressor Single-Channel Opto-Cell Compressor with Tube Amplifier The TUBE-TECH CL 1B Compressor features a gain-reduction element, positioned immediately after the input transformer. It is controlled by the sidechain amplifier, which also contain the two time control circuits - one for fixed and one for variable Attack/Release. The two time-controllers can either be used separately or combined....
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    (3 reviews) Sale Price: $3,190.00
    List Price: $3,595.00

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  • Shadow Hills Industries Mastering Compressor
    Shadow Hills Industries Mastering Compressor
    Stereo/Dual Mono Mast Comp Mastering-grade Compressor/Limiter with Optical and Discrete Compressor Sections, Sidechain Filter, and Transformer Switching Matrix Shadow Hills Industries has created Mastering Compressor so that you can get world-class dynamics control, with the sonic versatility to shape your sound via switchable output transformers. To start with, the Mastering Compressor sports stereo and dual-mono modes to fit any application, and separate Optical and Discrete...
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    Sale Price: $6,995.00
    List Price: $9,040.00

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  • Crane Song STC-8
    Crane Song STC-8
    Class A Comp / Peak Limiter Discrete Class-A Compressor/Peak Limiter with Enhancement Circuit and Transformerless, Balanced I/O Crane Song STC-8 - Clipping can sometimes be a good thing in the analog realm, but when you're dealing with digital, clipping is the deathblow to the perfect take. Lucky for us, Crane Song's STC-8 provides overload protection, and a whole lot more. Like the Trakker (above), the STC-8 can emulate vintage compressors or be used to...
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    (1 review) Sale Price: $4,450.00

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  • Solid State Logic XLogic G Series Compressor
    Solid State Logic XLogic G Series Compressor
    G Series Compressor 2-channel Twin VCA Compressor Stereo Bus Compressor with Auto Fade and Remote Connector The 2-channel SSL XLogic G Series Compressor is considered "The Magic Box". According to Kevin Shirley, leading producer and mixer for recording artists including Aerosmith, Black Crowes, Iron Maiden, Journey, Led Zepplin says, "The SSL 2-channel mix compressor sounds great; they are clean and variable and dynamic". The XLogic G...
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    (5 reviews) Sale Price: $3,699.00

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  • Manley Variable Mu Mastering Version
    Manley Variable Mu Mastering Version
    Stereo Limiter Compressor Stereo Tube Compressior/Limiter with Detented Steps and True Variable Gain The Variable Mu Mastering Version is the perfect addition to any professional mastering facility. In fact, since its introduction, it's quickly become an industry standard mastering tool - and it's the limiter/compressor responsible for an incredible amount of hit records over the last decade. The Manley Variable Mu Mastering...
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    Sale Price: $5,175.00
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  • Universal Audio LA-3A Dual
    Universal Audio LA-3A Dual
    Dual Leveling Amplifier Dual Electro-Optical Compressor/Limiter, Replica of Classic LA-3A Analog fanatics, rejoice! Universal Audio has announced the LA-3A Classic Audio Leveler - an exacting clone of the classic solid-state opto-compressor first launched in 1969! Plus, the LA-3A Dual Leveling Amplifier gives you TWO LA-3As in a 2U rackmount space. The new UA LA-3A is a painstaking and exact replica right down to the...
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    (1 review) Sale Price: $3,899.00
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  • Waves MaxxBCL
    Waves MaxxBCL
    Digital Processing Unit Psychoacoustic Bass Enhancement Unit with Renaissance Compressor, MaxxBass, and L2 NOTE: Beginning with version 9, Waves plug-ins no longer require an iLok to use. Click Here to learn more about registering your Waves plug-in. They say that in electronics there's no new technology - the only changes will be in size and applications. Things will simply keep getting smaller while doing more. This is certainly...
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    (1 review) Sale Price: $3,680.00

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  • Manley SLAM! Mastering Version
    Manley SLAM! Mastering Version
    Mastering Edition Limiter Analog Stereo Electro-Optical and FET Limiter for Mastering Use From their beginning, Manley Labs have been closely involved with numerous mastering facilities around the world. For these, the most demanding engineers in the industry, Manley have created specialized products such as the all-tube tape repro head amps, digital converters, high-powered vacuum tube monitor amplifiers and custom...
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    Sale Price: $7,740.00
    List Price: $8,600.00

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  • Solid State Logic X-Rack with 8 Dynamics Modules
    Solid State Logic X-Rack with 8 Dynamics Modules
    XRack Full w/8 Dyn Modules SSL XRack Loaded with 8 Dynamics Modules Note: Must be installed in an XRack or Mynx to function. SSL's innovative new XRack Dynamics comes pre-loaded with eight dynamics sections of a classic SSL XL 9000 K. The SSL XRack Dynamics incorporates eight channels of compression, limiting, expansion and gating with hard or soft knee operation and peak, or RMS sensing in a...
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    Sale Price: $8,100.00

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  • GML 2030
    GML 2030
    2-Ch Mastering Range Controller Flexible, Transparent Gain Control for Mastering Applications The new 2030 Mastering Dynamic Gain Control is the precision tool for mastering and other critical applications where the utmost in calibrated control, flexibility, and audio transparency is required. Based on the proven GML 8900 Series III audio and control topologies, the 2030 is a no-compromise dynamic range controller that...
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    Sale Price: $7,840.00
    List Price: $8,300.00

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  • Tube-Tech SMC 2B
    Tube-Tech SMC 2B
    Stereo Multiband Opti Comp Stereo Multiband Compressor with Stereo Sidechain Inputs and Discrete All-tube Opto-compressor-based Circuitry When you run your sound through a Tube-Tech SMC 2B stereo multiband compressor, you hear results no other processor can deliver. This compressor is beyond powerful — run your tracks, mix, or live sound mains through it, and it will pump your music up! At Sweetwater, we spent a day playing with these powerhouse dynamics...
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    Sale Price: $4,490.00
    List Price: $4,995.00

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  • Chandler Limited TG 1 Abbey Road Special Edition
    Chandler Limited TG 1 Abbey Road Special Edition
    Classic "Abbey Road" Limiter Recreation of the Classic EMI TG12413 Limiter from the Late '60s The '60s were a great time for music and gear. In fact, even the word "gear" was a '60s British euphemism for "great" used by people such as the Beatles. Another thing used by the Beatles in the '60s was the classic EMI TG12413 Limiter. The Chandler Limited TG1 is an authentic recreation of the classic TG12413, which was never...
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    Sale Price: $3,856.50
    List Price: $4,285.00

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  • Summit Audio DCL-200
    Summit Audio DCL-200
    Dual Compressor Limiter 2-Channel Vacuum Tube/Solid State Compressor / Limiter Tube vs. solid-state technology. It's a debate as old as transistors. Now you can have the best of both worlds with the DCL-200 Compressor/Limiter from a leader in high-end gear, Summit Audio. Based on a proprietary hybrid design, the DCL-200 two-channel compressor-limiter combines the most desirable sonic characteristics of...
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    Sale Price: $3,149.99
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  • GML 8900
    GML 8900
    2-Ch Dynamic Range Controller Next-Generation Dynamics Processor with Unique Crest Factor, Timing and Release Hysteresis Controls Plus All-Discrete Circuit for Audio Transparency Twenty-two years of progressive research into loudness perception resulted in the GML8900 Dynamic Range Controller, a limiter/compressor unlike any other. The 8900 Dynamic Range Controller was intrinsically developed to react to loudness (rather than volts) like your ears do! Click here to download high-resolution...
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    Sale Price: $5,945.00
    List Price: $6,150.00

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  • Chandler Limited Germanium Compressor Matched Pair
    Chandler Limited Germanium Compressor Matched Pair
    GermanIum Comp Matched Pair Matched Pair of Chandler Limited Germanium Compressors Get impeccable stereo compression from a Chandler Limited Germanium Compressor Matched Pair! No matter how tight the standards, every piece of gear is different. When you need absolute 2-channel consistency, the only way to get it is with a perfectly matched set of hardware, not just microphones. These Chandler Limited Germanium...
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    Sale Price: $3,577.00
    List Price: $3,930.00

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  • Drawmer S3
    Drawmer S3
    2-Ch 3-Band Tube Compressor 3-band Stereo Tube Compressor The S3 Stereo 3-Band Tube Compressor incorporates everything Ivor Drawmer, dynamics guru from England, has learned in his 25 years as one of the world's top compressor manufacturers. The aim from the beginning was to create a "Signature Series" that would avoid compromise and deliver the highest possible performance in a mixing or...
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    Sale Price: $4,995.00
    List Price: $5,550.00

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  • Tube-Tech SMC 2BM
    Tube-Tech SMC 2BM
    Stereo Multi Opti Comp Mast Stereo Multiband Compressor with Stereo Sidechain Inputs, Discrete All-tube Opto-compressor-based Circuitry, and Detented Controls for Reliable Recall When you run your sound through a Tube-Tech mastering SMC 2BM stereo multiband compressor, you get top-quality results no other processor can deliver. This all-tube mastering engine is simply incredible! A set of detented controls makes recall ultra-precise and completely consistent. So, when you run your mixes through it, you get...
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    Sale Price: $5,990.00
    List Price: $6,650.00

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At Sweetwater, we've spent countless hours researching compressors / limiters, to make sure we can help you make your compressors / limiters decisions. When you call Sweetwater, you talk to a Sales Engineer that's well-versed in all aspects of pro audio - from means of getting gear to the gig safely to getting it all set up and working - and we're here to help you every step of the way. From before-the-sale questions to service and support after the sale, Sweetwater is there with you every step of the way. Call Sweetwater first - no one knows compressors / limiters like we do!

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