Vintagedesign Launches VBC Stereo Bus Compressor – Class A Design for Mixing & Mastering
Ambitious and classic at the same time – an appealing new piece of outboard has just arrived on the scene.
The Swedish company from Thomas Kristiansson (also of TK Audio) dedicated to the British side of sound, Vintagedesign, is returning to the audio scene with the Vintagedesign VBC stereo bus compressor. Created for both mixing and mastering and based on the much admired Vintagedesign CL-1/CL1mk2, it’s a Class A design that strives to bring a sought-after tone to tracks, particularly in the low end and mids.
The Vintagedesign relaunch starts with TK’s VBC.
Available now, the VBC carries an MSRP of $2819.
Here are more details on this welcome revelation, straight from Vintagedesign:
The Vintagedesign VBC is a brand new transformer balanced Class A design using a diode bridge as the gain element and is based on the vintage British 2254 / 2264 and our own C1/CL1mk2.
Each channel uses 3 custom made Carnhill transformers for an authentic, punchy low-end and that very “sought after” mid tone.
All controls are stepped – a must for recall in mix and mastering environments. The VBC has a blend control for parallel compression and also two types of HF boosts.
The HF switch boosts the high frequencies 2dB and affects both the output signal and the signal that feeds the side-chain.
The AIR switch only boosts the high frequencies 2dB on the compressed signal.
As with most stereo devices, the VBC has one set of controls for both channels.
It uses two threshold detectors and the detectors are summed before the timing circuits for maximum performance; both channels hit the detectors even if they are 180deg out of phase.
Designed and built in Sweden the Vintagedesign VBC stereo bus compressor is a classic in the making. Classic sounds and controls, classic looks and a solid professional ergonomic design for the professional audio specialist.