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compressors - which to build

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roflol

Oct 8, 2007
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sheffield, england
#1
well i'm after building my own atm, i was thinking along the lines of either modelling it on a orange squeezer or ross compressor but not that sure which would be better as i have no experience with either, which would you guys choose or are their any other compressors circuits i should have a look at, which would be more tweakable etc?

thanks
 
#6
The compulator could be a tricky build. I think you're on the right track considering the orange squeezer, a classic comp and common DIY build with lots of info available online. Another choice might be the MXR dynacomp, which gets a decent review from bongomania, too.
 
#7
roflol said:
had a look at the schematic for a demeter compulator looks a bit beyond me not sure how to go about all this optocoupler stuff
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It has the lowest components count among any other compressor I know. But it will be a bit difficult to find the optocoupler, it took me 3 months to get it.

dannybuoy said:
Where did you find a schematic for the Compulator?
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#8
The optocoupler is actually pretty easy. There's a part that costs approx. $7.50 that has four wires, two for the LED side and two for the LDR side. If you get the right one for the compulator, the VTL5C10, the specs should be fine. The devices look like this:

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Smallbear Electronics carries the VTL5C10.
 

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