The superb engineering in the 266XL ensures that both its compression and gating provide versatility and excellent sonic performance in situations where other compressor/gates typically produce undesirable processing artifacts. When using the 266XL’s AutoDynamic™ Attack and Release controls, artists and engineers will find that the center settings deliver classic dbx compression, while the full control range produces voicings that extend from slow “leveling” to aggressive “peak” limiting.

The Yamaha SPX 990 is a highly versatile effects unit offering a very broad range of high quality effects. This industry standard product is found in front-of-house racks all over the world. As well as excellent sound quality and versatile programming it also has the advantages for live sound of patch storage on an optional removable card and pre-selection of patches.

The exceptional design of the Opal FCS-966 includes separate Hi and Lo contour filters, so you can adjust settings without disturbing a detailed room or loudspeaker response. These filters are very musical gentle boost and cut shelving filters which can be used to add (or remove) room effects that change with temperature, audience numbers or humidity. BSS's Constant Q topology gives you more efficient performance, providing a smooth interaction between adjacent faders and the resultant EQ curve more closely resembles the actual fader positions. Each eq fader has +/-15dB of adjustable gain, more than many competitive graphic eq's. The faders are long-throw 45mm types for precision control. Also provided on the FCS-966 is a sweepable high-pass filter which can be used very effectively to restrict the low-energy output for better amplifier and loudspeaker performance.

The unit includes phantom power and battery supplies as standard. Should the phantom power from the console fail or be accidentally switched off, the AR-133 automatically switches over to the internal 9V battery providing uninterrupted use.The unit is housed in a rugged aluminium extrusion case, with robust polyurethane end-cheeks which give the AR-133 a very distinctive look.Input connectors are both 1/4" jack sockets and an XLR socket, the latter meaning that the AR-133 can be used to convert unbalanced signals to a balanced output on XLRs throughout. The Input attenuation is 0, -20 or -40dB, making the box suitable for instrument, line or amplifier levels on inputs. On the output side, a ground-lift switch is provided for quick solutions to ground-loop problems.The AR-133 uses an enhanced version of the same audio path as the AR-116. The sound quality is legendary, particularly on acoustic and bass guitars.Numerous applications can be satisfied by the AR-133.