I just put together my first SSL bus compressor clone and noticed two things right away. 1. the unit is stealing almost all the treble and upper mids, and I´m not talking a subtle rolloff here, something is definitely wrong, and the strange thing is that it does so both in active and bypass mode. I must admit to not using "Audiograde" capacitors for the signal in the output section, but I find it strange if this should cause such a HUGE degradation of the signal.
2. the RATIO-control works the wrong way around, meaning that the 2:1 position removes more gain than the 10:1 position.
I also noticed a subtle hum, but this might be caused by the mains transformer sitting on the main PCB so I might try to move that one when (if) I get the first two things sorted out.
Any suggestions anyone?
2. the RATIO-control works the wrong way around, meaning that the 2:1 position removes more gain than the 10:1 position.
I also noticed a subtle hum, but this might be caused by the mains transformer sitting on the main PCB so I might try to move that one when (if) I get the first two things sorted out.
Any suggestions anyone?