After two hard-working years, Generic Audio has released the Preceptor, a two-channel, massive sounding, hand made compressor/limiter.

Designed and produced without any compromise, this is a compressor/ limiter, in which the gain reduction is made by a transistor in the differential amplifier circuit with Zener diodes stabilization. According to Generic Audio, it is an ideal unit for tracking, mixing and mastering.

Overview :

• Massive sound
• Hand made and calibrated
• Pure analog design
• 3U rack space
• Internal PSU 115V/230V
• Special power transformer
• Two independent mono blocks
• Ultra stable power supply
• 16 matched Zener diodes in the signal path
• Internal and external sidechain
• Classic Carnhill input transformers
• Input Z switchable (300Ω or 1200Ω)
• Stereo or dual mono operation
• Hard relay bypass
• Compressor and Limiter modes
• Attack: 5ms – 600ms
• Release: 10ms – 10s
• 3 speed modes: fast, medium, slow
• Sidechain high pass filter (OFF, 40Hz, 80 Hz, 120 Hz, 200 Hz, 320 Hz)
• Blend function (parallel compression)
• Retro panel meters
• Only gold contact stepped attenuators and toggle switches (no potentiometers!)
• Easy-settings repeatability
• Highest functionality!

Pricing :

• €1925 until 30/03/2011 (free shipping within EU)
• €2750 (Retail)

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