The first product from Vertigo Sound is the VSC-2, a.k.a. Quad Discrete Compressor.
It is so named, because it uses 4 VCAs built by hand using only discrete components. Its design is a nod toward the best VCA based compressors of the 70s and 80s.
The Vertigo VCA is in fact named 1979. Some of the best features of these classic Compressors have been complimented in the VSC. This classic based sound is combined with a modern mastering grade signal path. Some unique and innovative features lie beneath the bonnet, such as the ratio which increases with level in ‘Soft’ mode.
The Quad Discrete Compressor uses four discrete 1979 VCAs in it’s two channels. Each channel has one VCA in the Audio Path and another in the sidechain.
In Stereo mode both sidechains are fully active; they are not summed together.
The higher signal peak on either channel results in equal compression of both.
The VSC-2 reacts even to out of phase signal peaks without image shift.
