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dbx 1066 Dual Compressor Limiter Gate £379.98
Description
After producing the world's most renown series of compressors, the task of producing a new compressor worthy of our reputation would be daunting for most engineers. Not for dbx®. Our engineers know audio like no one else in the world. Now the fruits of their talents are available to you in the form of the 1066 Stereo Compressor/Limiter/Gate.
Want to instantly add that classic dbx response to your mix? It's there at the touch of the "Auto" button. Or use the independent Attack and Release controls to tailor the 1066 to your specific needs. Unwanted frequencies or mic bleed in the signal path? Frequency dependent gain control is a snap to set up and execute with our Side Chain External button (SC Ext). Use the Side Chain Monitor button (SC Mon) and your favorite EQ to dial in the specific frequencies you want to trigger the device. As has become our standard, the contour switch allows entire mixes to be easily smoothed with soft compression while keeping low frequencies from punching holes in the overall mix. Selectable input and output metering allow you to make sure that everything is matched up level-wise, maximizing your signal-to-noise ratio.
For overall speaker protection, our new PeakStopPlus™ does all previous circuits one better. With a new design, the PeakStopPlus represses those unwanted transients from blowing your drivers while minimizing the distortion common to many other "hard" limiters. Selectable Hard-Knee or OverEasy® characteristics make the 1066 ideal for your gain control needs, whether you're looking for "heavy" almost-special-effects compression or soft, smooth gain leveling. New lightpipe technology replaces standard LED's found on most other units, making the 1066 both very easy to read and much easier to operate.
In the studio, broadcast facility or on the road with a P.A. system, the 1066 is designed for perfectly simple operation. The 1066 allows you to eliminate unwanted signals, flexibly control overall signal gain and guard your overall mix in dual mono or stereo operation.
At the heart of the 1066 is our new dbx V2 VCA. Developed especially for the 1066, 1046 and other 10 series products to come, this revolutionary VCA boasts superb dynamic range characteristics while maintaining very low distortion and almost immeasurable noise characteristics. The bottom line is this: a new VCA working in conjunction with world class design makes the dbx 1066 perform better than compressors selling for hundreds more.
State-of-the-technology VCA's, meticulous component selection, and scrupulous testing procedures are just a few more reasons that the new dbx 1066 is the latest in a long line of pedigreed dbx signal processors.
R.R.P. £506.00
Our Price: £379.98 Inc VAT
Technical Specifications
- Input
- Connectors: XLR and 1/4" TRS (Pin 2 and tip hot)
- Type: Electronically balanced/unbalanced, RF filtered
- Impedance: Balanced > 50 kOhm, unbalanced > 25
- kOhm
- Max Input Level: > +24 dBu balanced or unbalanced
- CMRR: Typically > 50 dB at 1 kHz
- Outputs
- Connectors: XLR and 1/4" TRS (Pin 2 and tip hot)
- Type: Servo-balanced/unbalanced, RF filtered
- Impedance: Balanced 120 Ohm, unbalanced 60 Ohm
- Max Output Level: > +21 dBu, > +20 dBm
- Sidechain Input
- Connector: 1/4" TS
- Type: Unbalanced, RF filtered
- Impedance: > 10 kOhm
- Max Input Level: > +24 dBu
- Sidechain Output
- Connector: 1/4" TRS (tip hot)
- Type: Impedance balanced, RF filtered
- Impedance: Balanced 2 kOhm, unbalanced 1 kOhm
- Max Output Level: > +21 dBu balanced or unbalanced
- System Performance
- Bandwidth: 20 Hz to 20 kHz, +0/0.5 dB
- Frequency Response: 0.35 Hz to 90 kHz, +0/-3 dB
- Noise: < -96 dBu, unweighted, 22 kHz measurement
- bandwidth
- Dynamic Range: > 118 dB, unweighted
- THD+Noise: 0.008% typical at +4 dBu, 1 kHz, unity
- gain
- 0.08% typical at +20 dBu, 1 kHz, unity
- gain
- < 0.1%, any amount of compression up to
- 40 dB, 1 kHz
- IMD: < 0.1% SMPTE
- Interchannel Crosstalk: < -80 dB, 20 Hz to 20 kHz
- Stereo Coupling: True RMS Power Summing™
- Compressor
- Threshold Range: -40 dBu to +20 dBu
- Ratio: 1:1 to ∞:1
- Threshold Characteristic: Selectable OverEasy® or hard knee
- Attack/Release Characteristic: AutoDynamic™
- Attack/Release Modes: Selectable Manual or Auto
- Manual Attack Time: Scalable program-dependent
- Manual Release Time: Scalable program-dependent
- Auto Attack Time: Program-dependent
- Auto Release Time: Program-dependent
- Output Gain: -20 to +20 dB
- Limiter
- Threshold Range: +4 dBu to +24 dBu (off)
- Ratio: ∞:1
- Limiter Type: PeakStopPlus™ two-stage limiter
- Stage 1: PeakStop® brickwall limiter
- Attack Time: Zero
- Release Time: Zero
- Stage 2: Predictive intelligent program limiter
- Attack Time: Program-dependent
- Release Time: Program-dependent
- Expander/Gate
- Threshold Range: Off to +15 dBu
- Ratio: 1:1 to 30:1
- Attack Time: < 100 μsec
- Release Time: Program-dependent
- Function Switches
- SC Ext: Routes the external sidechain input signal
- to the detector.
- SC Mon: Routes the sidechain signal to the output,
- interrupting the normal audio.
- OverEasy®: Activates the OverEasy® compression
- function.
- Contour: Activates the frequency-dependent detector
- function.
- Auto: Activates automatic program-dependent
- attack and release times, disabling the
- manual Attack and Release controls.
- I/O Meter: Switches between monitoring input and
- output levels on the Input/Output Level
- meter.
- Bypass: Activates the direct input-to-output hardwire
- relay bypass. Relay automatically
- hard-wire bypasses unit at power-down
- and provides a power-on delay of 1.5 sec.
- Operating Level (rear panel): Switches the nominal operating level
- between -10 dBV and +4 dBu simultaneously
- for both input and output levels.
- ST Link: Links both channels for stereo operation.
- Channel One becomes the master.
- Indicators
- Gain Reduction Meter: 12-segment LED bar graph at 1, 2, 4, 6, 9,
- 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27 and 30 dB
- Input/Output Meter: 8-segment LED bar graph at -24, -18, -12,
- -6, 0, +6, +12, and +18 dBu
- Compressor Threshold Meter: 3-segment LED bar graph at Below (-),
- OverEasy®. and Above (+)
- Exp/Gate Threshold Meter: 2-segment LED bar graph at Below (-) and
- Above (+)
- Limiter, Thershold Meter: 1 LED to indicate PeakStopPlus™ limiting
- Function Switches: LED indicator for each front-panel switch
- Options
- Output Transformer
- Per Channel: Jensen®JT-123-dbx or JT-11-dbx, BCI™
- RE-123-dbx or
- RE-11-dbx
- Power Supply
- Operating Voltage: 100-120 VAC 50/60 Hz 200-240 VAC
- 50/60 Hz
- Power Consumption: 20 Watts
- Fuse: 100-120 VAC: 250 mA Slow Blow
- 200-240 VAC: 125 mA Type T
- Mains Connection: IEC receptacle
- Physcial
- Dimensions: 1.75"Hx19"Wx9"D
- (4.4cmx48.3cmx20.1cm)
- Weight: 5.1 lbs (2.3 kg)
- Shipping Weight: 7.5 lbs. (3.4 kg)
Features
- • Selectable auto (classic dbx®) or manual (variable Attack and Release) compression
- • Contour switch removes unwanted low frequency information from detector circuit
- • Selectable Overeasy® or Hard Knee compression modes
- • PeakStopPlus™ limiting for setting maximum allowable level with minimal distortion
- • SC Ext and SC Mon for setting up and monitoring external devices for gating function
- • True differentially balanced gold-plated XLR and 1/4" inputs and outputs
- • True RMS level detection
- • Precision metering of input level, output level, and gain reduction
- • True stereo or dual mono operation
- • Switchable +4dBu or -10dBV operation per channel
