Descripción
Disponible a finales del primer cuatrimestre de 2025.
The Modal Compression Revolution
500 Series analogue PWM Compressor with 6 operating modes and variable Stress control for harmonically-enriched compression effects.
Key Technological Innovations
- PWM Compression for Ultimate Analogue Compression
- Pure PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) analogue signal processing
- Minimises undesirable compression artefacts and distortion
- Infinite control of compression envelopes, onsets, and ballistics
- Proprietary Modal Compression Architecture
- Six distinct compression modes – VELVET, FLOAT, SMASH, TAME, GLUE, POLISH
- Full control of the compression mode and envelope from ultra-fast limiting to gentler & slower compression styles
- Analogue Lookahead Technology
- Quarter-wave predictive voltage detection provides an advanced transient anticipation mechanism
- Enables zero-latency dynamics control
- Prevents converter clipping with surgical precision
- Exclusive to POLISH mode for ultimate mastering-grade limiting
- Transient Harmonic Saturation
- Proprietary STRESS control enables nuanced audio coloration for each compression mode
- Transforms compression into a creative instrument
- Full Analogue Signal Path
- Pure PWM processing
- 100% analogue signal integrity with no digital conversion
Modal Compression:
The Sonic Transformation Engine
The Brick Lane 500 introduces six distinct compression characters, each meticulously crafted to deliver unique sonic signatures:
VELVET
Vintage Vari-Mu-style musicality with Tube-inspired harmonic compression, offering smooth, organic dynamic control with vintage tonal warmth and character.
FLOAT
Transparent Opto-inspired dynamics with moderate transparency and gentle, wavelike compression ballistics.
SMASH
FET-style transient dominance with aggressive dynamic reduction, and explosive punch and sonic impact.
TAME
Precision transient management with ultra-fast, transparent control and surgical dynamic precision.
GLUE
Glue together all the elements of your mix with this on your master bus for gentle bus-style compression.
POLISH
Ultimate mastering-style limiting with the cleanest, fastest analogue limiter with our Analogue-Lookahead technology.
Stress Control: A Sonic Shapeshifter
The STRESS control becomes a chameleon, radically changing its harmonic character and saturation profile in each mode. What adds subtle tube warmth in VELVET becomes a transient-destroying beast in SMASH, a mix-gluing agent in GLUE, and a loudness/clipping finaliser in POLISH. It’s not just a feature – it’s a sonic shapeshifter that redefines compression as a creative sound design and mixing tool.
Stereo-Link via OPTOSYNC
Brick Lane 500 features Cranborne Audio’s OPTOSYNC technology, enabling two Brick Lane 500 units to work as a perfect stereo pair for mixes and stereo sources.
Using OPTOSYNC, all controls are synchronized from the left unit to the right without cables or internal fixings. Switch OPTOSYNC for all slave units to ON and its controls all synchronize to the master unit wirelessly using LED and optical communication. You can also use OPTOSYNC to link together multiple units for applying the same sonic footprint across entire summing mixers or multi-channel surround mixes.
