Gainlab Audio GLA-TC1 The DICTATOR - Dual Pentode Vari-mu Compressor

Gainlab Audio GLA-TC1 The DICTATOR - Dual Pentode Vari-mu Compressor 

The Gainlab GLA-TC1 aka. The DICTATOR is a tube based, dual pentode vari-mu compressor. The design is based on vintage classics, with additional features of modern designs to enable better control over the sound. The features of this true vari-mu compressor lend itself to tracking, master bus, mix bus or saturator with minimal dynamic control.

The Dictator is a true vari-mu compressor which consist a pair of pentodes that were mass produced in exceptional quality during Warsaw Pact in countries such as Hungary, East Germany or Poland. The surrounding circuits of the tube amplifier are using the latest technical solutions that allow the most precise parallel channel working characteristics which helps to achieve extreme setup conditions. For instance, it can be pulsing on a masterbus or it can produce crispy saturation alongside never existed transients and dirty breaks. Or work as a simple saturator with minimal dynamic control. Our intention was to create a master compressor and bus compressor for mixing, but in experienced hands the Dictator can be used as a sound design tool as well. The Dictator keeps every aspect of the sound in hand, it is precise however not always clean, just like all the dictators from the history books.

Features

• True dual pentode tube design
• Contemporary side chain design
• Modern line driver
• Military grade vacuum tubes (6k4p-EV (6К4П-EB) long life pentode)
• Permalloy transformers

Specifications

• INPUT: 2 x Balanced XLR
• OUTPUT: 2 x Balanced XLR
• Max. Input: +22dBu
• input impedance: >10Kohm
• Frequency response: 20Hz-20Khz +/- 1dB
• Size: 483x280x89
• Weight: 4.2 Kg
• Mains: 230V AC (EU), 110V AC (US)
• Max. Output: >26dBu
• Output impedance: <65ohm
• THD+N (0dBu): <0.3%