[Musikmesse] Klark Teknik DN540

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Klark Teknik has launched the DN540 Creative Quad Compressor, one of two new products in a brand new series - The DN540 has four channels of compression into a 1U chassis.

Leading features of the KT DN540 include:

Quad channel compressor
Ease of use, requiring minimum set up to produce excellent results
“Harmonic Enhancement” presence control to correct loss of detail and intelligibility during compression without increasing noise or likelihood of feedback
Sonic design which has been “tuned by ear” to produce extremely transparent compression
Advanced envelope generator with manual controls for creative dynamic effects
Intuitive controls for all functions contributing to output levels
Easily identifiable bypass, solo and other major switches, with status LEDs
Channel linking with true power summing to provide true threshold setting for stereo material
External sidechain inputs
1U chassis
Balanced inputs and outputs
Auto switching power supply

Anticipated applications of the new KT DN540 include, according to Klark:

Protecting signal paths from amplitude overload
Improving the apparent power of signals when an artists’ performance is a little too dynamic
Maintaining a stable signal level to help an instrument sit within a mix
Changing the percussive timbre of an instrument to enhance impact
Compressing a mix so that it maintains a stable signal level (typically to make it sound louder)
Changing the percussive timbre of a mix to make it sound fuller and to enhance impact
Frequency conscious compression to remove unwanted sibilance or undesired tonal artefacts via external sidechain

Check out www.klarkteknik.com for more info.