Tube-Tech CL 1B

The Tube-Tech CL 1B is the vocal compressor engineers ask for by name. Its optical gain element and all-tube push-pull amplifier hold a performance in place with a smoothness no VCA design matches, adding weight and polish on the way through rather than simply reducing level.

Ratio is continuously variable from 2:1 to 10:1, and the signature dual attack and release architecture lets you run fixed and manual time constants separately or together. Frequency response reaches 5 Hz to 25 kHz through fully floating transformer-balanced inputs and outputs.

Mono unit. Two are required for a stereo pair, linked over the internal bus.