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Diamond Compressor Manual

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C O M P R E S S O R
Thanks for purchasing a Diamond Compressor! We hope you have as much fun playing guitar
through this pedal as we did designing and testing it. Our goal is to provide a versatile 'guitar
channel' – a dynamics and tone shaping tool to front-end your effects chain.
Remember to protect your hearing and wear appropriate hearing protection when playing loud...
Design Features
Vactrol opto-isolator variable resistance path as used in high-end studio compressors for smooth
attack and decay characteristics while preserving initial signal transients.
Post-compressor 'tilt' EQ provides a very musical tailoring of frequency response - seamlessly
transition from a darker jazz voicing to a bright jangle, with flat frequency response at the cen-
ter detent position.
Optimized gain staging and use of ultra low noise transistor and opamps in signal path for lowest
possible noise and extended signal headroom.
Premium audio components, including 2% polypropylene capacitors and 1% metal film resistors.
Dual AC capacitive coupling paths for improved transient response.
Bi-color LED provides visual indication of depth of compression.
True bypass signal path.
Battery or standard negative tip 9V DC adapter operation, can be powered from 9 to 24 V nega-
tive tip.
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Summary of Contents for Diamond Compressor

  • Page 1 C O M P R E S S O R Thanks for purchasing a Diamond Compressor! We hope you have as much fun playing guitar through this pedal as we did designing and testing it. Our goal is to provide a versatile ‘guitar channel’...
  • Page 2 This jumper is factory set so that the 4.8 kHz hi-cut filter is not in the signal path. However, if you use the compressor frequently in front of a high gain device like a distortion pedal, you may want to enable the internal hi-cut filter by setting its jumper to the on position. This places a 4.8 kHz cutoff, 6 dB/octave lowpass filter between the tilt EQ and volume control.

  • Page 3: Usage Notes

    Release when designing synthesizer sounds or patches, and many of those concepts hold for how a compressor reacts to a guitar waveform. Basically, when a note is picked, there is a short Attack and Decay period that covers the initial transient of the picking action. The string then...

  • Page 4: Warranty

    (e.g. by turning comp to minimum, you could use the pedal as an EQ af- ter a distortion pedal). If you use the compressor frequently in front of a high gain device like a distortion pedal, you may want to enable the internal hi-cut filter by setting its jumper to the on position (see description in ‘Switches’...

  • Page 5: Suggested Settings

    Suggested Settings Here are a few suggested settings for the comp as starting points to experiment with... Basic Comp From this starting point, adjust Comp to get an orange glow on peaks, set the EQ to taste, and set Volume to balance your compressed volume level versus effect off.