Thermionic Culture THE PHOENIX HG15 High Gain Valve Compressor User Manual
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©Thermionic Culture Ltd, October 2013
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Introduction
The Phoenix HG is a single channel version of our classic
Phoenix Stereo Compressor.
The gain has been boosted to suit mic inputs, particularly
valve or FET condenser types, though many moving coil
mics such as Shure, Audio Technica, etc. are fine to use with
it on vocals and close mic-ing most instruments.
As a line level compressor it will perform as a mono Phoenix
with a slightly harder compression. The compression ratio is
not user adjustable and increases as compression increases
to be a limiter at very high levels. This gives a very natural
effect, especially with vocals.
Some basic eq. is provided, bass roll-off and active lifts
("Presence" and “Air”) which can be switched in and out
together.
Two Phoenix HGs can be linked for stereo operation by the
Link socket on the rear. We have also provided a Side Chain
Bass Cut switch.