The Germanium Compressor starts with the same all class A amp found in the Germanium Pre and Tone Control and is transformer balanced in and out. The Compression circuit uses a FET gain reduction element but with the tricks and flexibility of all the Germnium a units. Some of the most notable additions include a wet/dry mix, for “submixing” tracks within the comp, Comp Curve, which selects the knee using various diode combinations, clean/dirty comp, side-chain filter. Many of the Germanium Comp parameters have been purposely set by studio use and listening not by over analyzing them with test gear. The result is a musical powerhouse ready for tracking, mixing, and mastering.
