The Crane Song STC-8 is a high quality compressor combined with a remarkably dependable peak limiter, that provides overload protection critical to digital recording and broadcast transmitters. The STC-8's compressor is engineered to provide musically transparent gain control, but is also capable of emulating vintage equipment and creating distinctive new sounds.
In addition, a switchable enhancement circuit creates "analog" and "tube-like" warmth to enrich lifeless audio and digital recordings. This vast flexibility is simplified by the inclusion of several optimized presets, allowing fast, easy set-up on a wide variety of sounds. It can operate in true stereo or discrete independent mono, accessible by a front panel switch.
The STC-8's sophisticated side-chain allows both compression and peak limiting to take place simultaneously, using the same proprietary gain control circuit. High signal quality is maintained by utilizing a discrete class A audio path, and by eliminating any VCA or optical gain control elements.
The STC-8 requires 2 rack spaces. All inputs and outputs are transformer-less and balanced. The toroidal power transformer is UL approved and allows four line voltages for international use. The STC-8 delivers consistent gain control without sacrificing musical definition or harmonic richness.
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"... it's a subtle glue machine for my mixes that I can't live without and a damn fine acoustic guitar and tom tom compressor too!" Julian "Jules" Standen
Julian Standen, an American living in London owns The Library studio, He produced The Lemonheads radio hit "Mrs Robinson", The Soup Dragons first album and engineered Siouxsie & the Banshees alternative hit "Cities in Dust" and assisted throughout the recording of The Smiths first album as well as helping countless UK guitar bands get record deals via demos. He runs the popular recording equipment web forum Gearslutz.com and is a self confessed Gearslut as well.
