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Features shared by P4S ME, P4S SE, P4S Plus and P4DM Bus Compressor:
- Low noise internal power supply with front panel power switch.
- Black anodized 4mm thick front panels with digital laser printing.
- Elma collet knobs.
- Neutrik XLR and TRS connectors.
- Switchable HPF in the detector signal path.
- 1% 50ppm metal oxide resistors.
- High quality film, ceramic and electrolytic capacitors.
- Dual detector design utilizing True Power Summing for solid stereo field.
- FCS Class A discrete op amp IV and transformer driver.
- 4 layer PC board for low noise operation.
- Transformer coupled inputs and outputs.
- Rear panel side chain inserts
- True hard wire relay bypass.
- Hand built by Roger Foote in California.
- RMS mode.
- Peak A/R mode with variable attack and release.
- Feedback mode for vintage compressor behavior.
- 20 segment LED GR metering.
- 4 THAT laser trimmed VCAs on 2 FCS VCA boards. 2 per channel on P4S ME and P4S SE
- Switched HPF frequencies on P4S ME, P4S SE
- Gain 0 dB to +11.5 dB in 24, 1/2 dB steps on P4S ME and P4S SE
Features for P4S Plus and P4DMS:
- Single THAT VCA per channel on P4S Plus and P4DMS
- High quality potentiometers
- Toggle switches on the P4S Plus
Differences between P4S ME, P4S SE, P4S Plus and P4DMS:
- Threshold -30 dB to +15 dB on P4S SE, P4S Plus and P4DMS
- Threshold -8 dB to +15 dB on P4S ME
- Ratio 1:1 to 8:1 on P4S SE, P4S Plus and P4DMS
- Ratio 1:1 to 4:1 on P4S ME
- Gain 0 dB to +23 dB in 24, 1 dB steps on P4S Plus
- Gain 0 dB to +20 dB in 24, 1 dB steps on P4DMS
- Gain 0 dB to +11.5 dB in 24, 1/2 dB steps on P4S ME and P4S SE
- Metering 1-5 dB in 20, 1/2 dB steps on P4S ME
- Metering 1-10 dB in 20, 1 dB steps on P4S SE and P4S Plus
- Metering switchable between 1-5 dB and 1-10 dB on P4DMS<
- Switched HPF frequencies on P4S ME, P4S SE adn P4S Plus
- Single HPF frequency on P4DMS with HPF connector on reasr panel for optional Dual HPF Switcher
- RMS2 & Hard Knee modes on P4S SE
Attack and Release Timings on all P4S and P4DMS compressors:
- Attack: 0.15 to 15.0 ms/Db
- Release: 1.5 to 150 ms/dB
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