Foote Control Systems FCS P3EXM The Monster Stereo Compressor

New in box ready to ship! Get the best of both worlds: a FCS stereo compressor with HPF, RMS, FB, Dry/Wet blend and a built in Clip/Sat all in a 2U 19" rack!

From Roger Foote:
"After many years of making mastering and bus compressors using my unique topology, we started making the popular germanium Clip/Sat clipper saturator. It soon became obvious that the clipper worked incredibly well with the compressors I make.

First we made the P3EX stereo compressor, which was tailored to be more aggressive and colorful. What made that happen was in 3 areas, first the RMS Detector timing was run faster than the other compressors. The second was a nice colorful discrete class a hybrid output stage. And third we tailored the flux density of some Edcor transformers for a sweet colorful sound.

This was quite successful, the users loved it!

Then I wanted to improve on the richness of the sound by incorporating my own transformers, the CT 2781 Nickel Core input transformer and the CT 2768 Litz wire wound output transformer. The results were great.

Now some basic descriptions of the parts of the P3EXM the Monster The P3EXM boasts smooth sound and predictable control for easy, quick setup.

The audio path of the P3EXM was meticulously crafted using the finest available analog components. Like any sophisticated piece of audio equipment, the P3S ME takes a little bit of time for users to familiarize themselves with its capabilities and myriad ways to treat audio signals."

See manual download link below for further description of features and operation.

• Pristine, all analog audio path 
• Fully balanced audio I/O on Neutrik XLR connectors 
• High quality potentiometers 
• A/R Mode that allows the user to custom tailor attack and release times 
• RMS Mode that uses the human ear's responses as a compression model 
• A variable high pass filter 
• External Side Chain Inserts on TRS connectors 
• Threshold range from -30dB to +15dB 
• Ratio range from 1:1 through 8:1 
• Makeup gain range from 0dB to +23 dB 
• Fast 20 LED meter to display the gain reduction of the compressor. 
• Maximum output level of +25dBu 
• Phantom power protected output structure. 
• Input Impedance: 10K Ohms balanced, 5K Ohms unbalanced 
• Output impedance: 600 Ohms 
• Output automatically configures itself for balanced or unbalanced loads. (Pin 3 must be grounded unbalanced operation, same for input and output)
• Frequency response: +0.27 dB @ 20Hz -1.2 dB @ 15kHz 
• Noise level: -81.6 dBA 
• Dynamic range 81.6 dBA 
• THD 0.796% 
• Input power range: 100-240V AC auto-switching mains input.

Foote Control Systems P3EXM The Monster