Caveman Audio to announce BC1 Bass Master Compressor

July 11, 2023 · 3 sources

Caveman Audio is announcing the BC1 Bass Compressor, a 100 percent analog unit the maker calls a Master Compressor, Bass Musician Magazine reported on July 11, 2023¹. The maker's product page lists it as in stock².

The BC1 is designed to sit at the end of a signal chain rather than act as a momentary effect. It has a balanced line input on an XLR connector and the same transformer-balanced DI output as the company's BP1 Bass Preamp, which the maker says lets it handle the overall output at the end of a chain¹. Attack time runs from 0.1ms to 25ms; the maker says the long setting leaves transients intact, and the short one can produce a hard-pumping effect²¹. Parallel compression is an option set on the rear panel¹. Level sets the primary output level, and a separate Boost knob adds level when engaged without changing the amount of compression, or can lower output the same way¹.

Specifications from the maker's page²:

The maker lists a zinc-plated steel chassis, gold-plated circuit boards and a 10-year warranty². The maker's page gives a price of 5.295,00 kr. and does not list a US price². RockBoard's PedalPedia lists the circuit type as analog and the power as 12V DC, center negative, at 200mA³.