Engineer's Thumb Compressor

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Valve Wizard's excellent compressor design. Something a little different to the Dynacomp variants. According to the write up this has five times more headroom and half the noise of the Dynacomp. Is that true? We wouldn't like to say, but it does sound good. Here's the horse's mouth. We're offering this in a few configurations. You can keep it to an ultra simple two-knobber with just Compression and Level, but where's the fun in that? We all like to tweak those knobs. A four pot config adds Attack and Release controls. Add a fifth if you want a Threshold control. You can also add a Treble Boost toggle switch if you want to go the whole hog. We highly recommend this. The kit is supplied with vertical-mount pots which have round shafts, so you'll need set-screw fitting knobs. If you're going for a 5-knob configuration keep them small - pot spacing is 17.5mm. If you want the PCB without parts there's a link for that at the bottom of the page. Partial kit: PCB, all board-mounted components, pots. Full kit: As above, plus footswitch and appropriate daughterboard/components for your selected bypass type (see Downloads section for details of those), jack sockets, DC socket, battery snap, hook-up wire, LED. Enclosure (pre-drilled) is available as an option with full kits, and will not take a battery. Knobs are not included. Inspired by: Engineer's Thumb Difficulty: Medium PCB size: 50 x 47mm Knobs required: 2/4/5 Enclosure: 1590B Direct-Connect compatible (4-way) Download the INSTRUCTION PDF