Warm Audio WA76-A Single-Channel Vintage-Voiced Discrete FET Compressor
AED2,598
WA76-A analog compressor delivers classic FET compression, fast attack and release, rich tone, ideal for vocals, drums, guitars, and studio recording.
With this 2 RU rackmount unit, the amount of compression applied to the signal is determined by the amount of input dialed in—the more input you add, the more compression you get. There are 4 buttons allowing you to set the compression ratio at 4:1, 8:1, 12:1, or 20:1. Pressing all the buttons at once gives you an overdriven, hard-limited sound. The meters can be switched from gain reduction to +4 and +8 output levels, making it easier to adjust the input and output knobs for an appropriate level. Attack and release controls allow you to tailor how quickly the compression kicks in and dies off. Warm Audio added a few modern touches for today’s workflows, including an input impedance attenuator, a bypass switch, a wet/dry mix control for parallel compression, an external side-chain input with high-pass filtering, and a link function.
With its vintage circuit design, the WA76-A has all of the traditional 76-style compression controls: attack, release, ratio, input, output, and meter display. In addition to the classic controls expected on a 76-style compressor, the WA76-A is a stereo unit and has dry/wet mix for parallel compression, selectable input impedance, active and true bypass, and variable sidechain high-pass filtering, to tackle unruly bass that dominates the compressor’s attention.
Just like in the vintage 76-style compressors from revisions A to D, the WA76-A uses custom, large-core, CineMag input and output transformers. The transformers inside the WA76-A use the exact same spec data and materials (nickel and steel) used by Reichenbach Engineering in the original vintage designs, known for delivering vintage analog grit to any signal chain.
Like all Warm Audio gear, the WA76-A is meticulously hand-tested and inspected in Austin, Texas, USA, by trained technicians with a passion for making music.
- Stereo bus compression with analog grit
- Adds vintage vibe to stereo vocals and background vocals
- Perfect stereo drum room / overhead mic compression with vintage analog tone
- Dynamic control for heavy electric guitars with vintage analog vibe
- 100% analog discrete FET compressor
- Faithful recreation of the vintage Blue Stripe 76 FET compressor with added recording features
- VU meter options: Gain Reduction | +8 dB Output | +4 dB Output | Off
- 100 to 230V IEC inlet universal power supply
- Class-A line-level output amplifier
- 100% discrete audio signal path using 600-ohm input impedance attenuator
- Selectable 10-kilohm input impedance to better match modern audio interface specifications
- 100% dry/wet mix control; variable side-chain high-pass filter: 30 to 300 Hz, 12 dB per octave
- Active bypass for running unit as line amplifier and true bypass option for A/B comparisons
- 2 RU 19″ rackmount chassis
- Utilizes premium 0-12 input and 5002 output transformers from CineMag USA
- Vintage-spec attack and release: Attack = 20 µs to 800 | Release: 50 ms to 1.1 sec
- All-buttons-in setting for experimental and hard-limiter tones
- Balanced XLR and TRS inputs and outputs
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