Neve 33314a Compressor/Limiter #20109/K (Vintage)

The class A/B Neve 33314a is essentially the same as the Neve 32264/33609, possibly the best compressor/limiter ever made. The same circuitry is wrapped in a slightly different package, with metal knobs replacing the plastic ones of the previous incarnations.

Compressor is extremely versatile, with adjustable release, ratio, threshold, and makeup gain. Separate limiter is virtually invisible, has very low distortion, with adjustable release and threshold. Linkable for stereo, with a hard bypass.

Great for setting lead vocals in the perfect sweet spot in the mix, and on most instruments, and across the mix buss. Limit and compress at the same time!


Limiter

• Ratio: more than 100:1
• Level: adjustable from +4 dBm to +15 dBm in increments of 0.5 dBm
• Attack time: 100 ms, 1ms
• Recovery time: 50 ms, 100 ms, 200 ms, 800 ms, Auto 1 & 2

Compressor

• Ratio: 1.5:1, 2:1, 3:1, 4:1, 6:1.
• Threshold: -20 to +10 dBm in 2 dB increments
• Attack time: fixed 5ms
• Recovery time: 100 ms, 400 ms, 800 ms, 1500 ms, Auto 1 & 2