DISC Audio Damage ADM10 Kompressor

Full Description

Powerful & Flexible Compression

The ADM10 Kompressor is a compact and powerful Eurorack compression module, featuring two modes of operation - stereo, and mono-with-sidechain. The ADM10 is perfect for a huge range of uses. From smoothing out the dynamics and volume of a complex and busy patch, to bringing your master output or sub-mixes into a more glued-together overall sound. The ADM10 can do it all with excellent flexibility and control. You can even side-chain your bass or synth lines for hypnotic sonic movement.

Dynamics DSP Code

The ADM10 features Audio Damage's time-proven and highly regarded dynamics DSP code. This same code can be heard and used in their Rough Rider, Rough Rider Pro, and Kombinat plug-ins. This technology already has a strong following in the software plug-in community, and now Audio Damage have managed to deliver that same high-quality code in the world of hardware. The ADM10 Kompressor allows you to find new and creative uses for dynamics processing as part of your modular system's sound creation and synthesis.

Features

• Control knobs for Threshold, Ratio, and Speed, as well as Makeup gain
• Thresh control level from 0dB to -60dB
• Scaled Ratio control from 1:1 to 1:10 on the first half, and 1:10 to 1:1000 (infinite) on the second half
• Speed knob controls both the attack and release of the compressor simultaneously. 5ms attack and 50ms release fully CCW, and 100ms attack and 500ms release fully CW
• Makeup knob adds gain to final signal to compensate for attenuation in the compressor. Can add from 0dB up to +30dB. Leads directly to a soft-knee saturation stage
• Overdriving the soft-knee saturation stage provides everything from a mild tube-like saturation sound to full-on aggressive distortion, depending on the settings of the compressor stage
• Mode switch that determines operation-style of the Kompressor
• L/R mode enables true stereo
• M/SC mode converts left input and output to monophonic compressor channels. If a cable is plugged into the right input, then sidechain mode is activated, and the right input's level control the gain reduction. The right input signal is passed through to the right output
• DSP-based effect that runs at 48kHz and 24-bit via high quality Cirrus-Logic codec
• USB port on the PCB for easy firmware updates
• Constructed to exceptional standard in the USA, including the panel-bolted 100,000-cycle BI potentiometers and custom stamped Rogan knobs
• Power draw is 40mA from the +12V rail, and 9mA from the -12V rail
• Module features an on-board regulator and does not require +5V
• Compact 6HP width with 25mm depth

Specifications

• Width: 6HP
• Depth: 25mm
• Power:
  • +12V: 40mA
  • -12V: 9mA
• Audio Conversion: 24-bit Sampling Resolution, 48kHz Sampling Rate
• Signal Processing: 32-bit Floating Point

Controls & I/Os

• CV Jacks: The CVs present at these jacks are added to the values set by the control knobs. Positive voltages have the same effect as rotating the corresponding knob clockwise, whilst negative voltages have the same effect as rotating the knob counter-clockwise. The influences of the knobs and their corresponding jacks are cumulative. For example, if you turn a knob all the way clockwise and apply -5V to the corresponding jack, you will hear the same thing as you would if you left the knob at its center position and didn't plug anything into the jack. The useful range of voltage for the CV jacks is +/-5V. Voltages outside of this range won't harm anything in the module
• Control Knobs:
  • THRESH: Sets the compressor's threshold. This is the level at which it starts to alter the signal. It can be thought of as a sensitivity control. At its fully-clockwise position, the compressor will not alter the signal. Rotating the knob to the left will lower the threshold, making the compressor more sensitive to quieter signals. This knob has a range of -60dB to 0dB
  • RATIO: Controls how much signals that are above the threshold setting are compressed. The higher the ratio, the more the output signal is reduced relative to the input signal. For example, a ratio of 3:1 means that for every 3dB that the input signal changes, the output signal changes 1dB. If the ratio is set to its lowest value of 1:1, the compressor has no effect on the signal. The ratio knob features a non-linear response. For the first half of its rotation, the ratio changes from 1:1 to 10:1. For the second half of the rotation, the ratio changes from 10:1 up to infinity:1
  • SPEED: Controls how quickly the compressor responds to changes in the signal level, controlling both the attack time and the release time. Rotated fuly counter-clockwise, the attack is 5ms and release is 50ms. At fully clockwise, the times are 100ms and 500ms respectively. Longer speed settings allow more of a sounds initial transient to passthrough unaltered, allowing pluck-like and drum-like sounds to retain their initial sharp attack characteristics
  • MAKEUP: Controls a gain stage which compensates for the attenuation created by the compressor. Turning this knob up makes the output louder. This gain stage can be overdriven to good effect. Cranking up the makeup knob can create a range of distortion qualities from mild and tube-like to loud and aggressive
• Audio Inputs & Outputs: The audio goes in and out of these jacks. The hardware will be happiest if the input signal level is within +/-7V. For mono-in/mono-out use, plug cables into the LEFT/MONO input and output jacks. For mono-to-stereo processing, use the LEFT input and both output jacks. The Kompressor is at its best when both of its inputs and outptus are used, even if the two input signals are only slightly different
• MODE Switch: This selects one of two processing modes between stereo and mono with sidechain (labeled L/R and MONO). Stereo mode operates in the manner usualy for a stereo compressor, processing the two signals independently, applying dynamics control based on the loudest of the two channels. In mono mode, compression is applied to the signal connected to the LEFT/MONO input, using the level of the signal at the RIGHT/SIDECHAIN input. The compressed signal comes out of the LEFT/MONO output while the RIGHT/SIDECHAIN signal is passed unaltered for convenience