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Aphex Model 320D Compellor

Item ID: 320D

2-channel Compressor/Limiter with Analog and Digital I/O

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Maximize your audio with the Compellor!

The 320D Compellor audio level controller from Aphex fits into any broadcast, studio, or live sound rig and serves as a great way to compress and limit program material. This 1U rackmountable unit delivers intelligent compressor action, leveling, and peak limiting simultaneously to solve audio level problems and improve audio signals. The 320D Compellor converts between acting as two independent mono processors and one linked stereo processor by front panel selection. This is true with both analog and digital I/O. Get the most out of your audio with the 320D Compellor!

Aphex 320D Compellor at a Glance:
  • A/D or D/A
  • Proprietary Aphex Technology
  • Legacy

A/D or D/A
The 320D serves as a fine A to D converter with processing. When you use the analog input, the digital output contains the Compellor's processing and is ready for use in almost any application. Conversely, the 320D serves as a fine D to A converter. When you use the digital input, the analog output contains the Compellor's processing and is properly leveled and packaged. The professional analog audio inputs and outputs are fully balanced and adapt to consumer or professional operating levels at the touch of a button. Analog or digital source selection is made at the rear panel.

Proprietary Aphex Technology
The Compellor circuits are totally unique. By throwing away all conventional design ideas, we created audio processing with unprecedented sound transparency yet is exceedingly effective at controlling levels. Because our designs are patented, no other company has been able to match the performance. Algorithms such as our DVG, DRC, and FDL have yet to find any rivals. Aphex engineering and manufacturing produce products that last and last without needing repairs or calibration. Some Compellors have literally been in 24-hour use in the same rack for a decade, or longer! When you specify a Compellor, you know it will do its job flawlessly and give you peace of mind.

Legacy
The first Compellor was introduced in 1983 as an analog product. Because of their advanced technology, most of those older units are still in regular use. Since that time, newer models have been produced, still in analog form. Digital technology of today promises many improvements in user interfaces, and sometimes in sound quality, but not in audio processing algorithms. No digital processor can match an analog Compellor for sound quality and effectiveness. Nevertheless, many of today's systems need a Compellor that can interface to digital audio. With the Model 320D, Aphex brings you just that. You get all the advantages of the analog processor with AES3 connectivity.

Aphex 320D Compellor Features:
  • Frequency Discriminate Leveler: No bass pull-back in music
  • Dynamic Release Computer
  • Dynamic Verification Gate: Adds greater transparency
  • Silence Gate: Locks gain when audio stops
  • Process Balance: Lets you have any combination of leveling and compression
  • True Bypass: No electronics in bypass
  • AES3 I/O up to 96kHz
  • Analog I/O: Fully balanced professional
  • High Reliability: Famous Aphex Engineering
  • Stereo & Dual Mono: Use as 2 separate channels or linked for stereo
  • Source Select: Choose digital or analog input
  • Dual Outputs: Use both digital and analog at the same time with either input selected
  • Controller with Digital and Analog I/O
  • Analog Inputs/Outputs: 3-pin XLR Female
  • Digital Inputs/Outputs: 3-pin XLR Female
  • Frequency Response: ±1dB 10Hz to 65kHz
  • Ratio: Compressor 1.1:1 to 3:1 program dependent; Leveler 20:1; Limiter >30:1

Great level control with Aphex's 320D Compellor!

Specification Detail
Number of Channels 2
Controls Drive, Process Balance, Output, Threshold
Threshold -40dB to 0dB
Ratio 1.1:1 to 3:1
Frequency Response 10Hz-65kHz
Side Chain Insterts No
Inputs 2 x XLR, 1 x AES/EBU (XLR)
Outputs 2 x XLR, 1 x AES/EBU (XLR)
Sidechain I/O No Sidechain I/O
Rackmount Spaces 1U
Height 1.75"
Depth 10.13"
Width 19"
Weight 8 lbs.
Manufacturer Part Number 320D

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Reviews

based on 1 review

Aphex Compellor Install at Christian Broadcast Station

by B. Arnold from Mobile, Alabama.
April 3, 2013
Music Background: Chief Broadcast Engineer
We love our Aphex 320D! We used the Compellor to send our audio from the studio to the transmitter where our Optimod was located. We located the Compellor just ahead of our microwave transmitter STL.<... read more [+]br /> We fed two stations through the Compellor, one for each channel.
Our signal stands out on the AM band now and sounds better than ever! The audio is punchy, steady and very 'listenable'. It's a perfect companion to the Optimod . close [-]

My experience was outstanding! I feel like I'm back in the 1950's when customer service was worth its weight in gold! I love the candy and personal phone call to acknowledge my order. You deliver the goods with superior efficiency, expediency and true concern for the customer.


Patty, El Sobrante, CA

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