Drawmer OC-1 500 Series OPTO Compressor
Drawmer OC-1 500 Series OPTO Compressor
The OC1 brings fully featured optical compression to the Drawmer 500 series range. With a complete control set and advanced shaping tools, it delivers the precision, flexibility, and character you'd expect from a full Drawmer rack-mount unit in a single 500 series slot.
Its optical design offers smooth and natural soft-knee feedback compression with a gentle, programme-dependent response that enhances sources without sounding obvious or over-processed. The result is warm, transparent dynamic control that preserves musicality while adding subtle cohesion and polish.
The OC1 excels on vocals, acoustic instruments, bass, and mix buses where transparency, warmth, and consistency are key.
Total Control
Uncommon in a 500 series compressor, the OC1 offers a comprehensive control set:
- 21-position precision detented controls for accurate, repeatable settings
Input and Output gain, plus Threshold, Ratio, Attack and Release controls
- Wet/Dry mix control for parallel compression
- PGM mode introduces a second, slower release time that adapts to the programme material above the threshold, reducing pumping and unnatural artefacts during heavy compression
- Comprehensive metering with Gain Reduction, plus switchable Input or Output level on the VU meter
- Hard-wire bypass connects the input directly to the output for completely transparent bypass operation