JDK Audio, a new brand developed and engineered by API Audio, announces the fourth product in its line of robust signal processing equipment, the R22 two-channel, rack-mount compressor.
It offers a linkable stereo operation that uses true RMS power summing, a patented Thrust circuit for chest-hitting low-end, and easy to use, refreshingly musical control of all parameters.
The R22 interconnects with both balanced XLR and quarter-inch inputs and outputs. Because the R22 has LED indicators and switchable analog metering of the output level and gain reduction, it’s easy to optimize gain structure.
Switchable hard- or soft-knee compression, combined with variable threshold, ratio, and make-up gain controls deliver a wide range of compression textures for an equally wide range of source material.
Equally at home in a project studio or commercial recording facility, the R22 offers flat frequency response out to 50 kHz.
“We’re excited that JDK Audio’s R22 offers the same inline compressor formerly found only in Paragon consoles,” said Larry Droppa, president of API. “Everyone who has ever used that compressor has fallen in love with it, and we predict the same will be true of the R22. The Thrust circuit is a unique addition to an already great piece of gear.”
JDK Audio will formally introduce the R22 compressor at the 2010 Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim at API Booth #6411. Visitors will have the opportunity to listen to multitrack material through the new R22 and other JDK gear at the JDK listening station.
