Polyend shows Press analog stereo compressor pedal at Superbooth 2024
May 17, 2024 · 2 sources
Polyend showed Press, a stereo analog compressor pedal, at Superbooth 2024 at the FEZ in Berlin, alongside the launch of its Tracker+1. MusicRadar reported the pedal on May 17, 20241.
Press is a stereo analog compressor designed to capture the sound of classic rackmount hardware, with software-like features including an external sidechain input and internal sidechain filters1. Its knobs include Threshold, Ratio, Make-up, Mix, Attack and Release, plus a Tilt knob whose function was not yet known1. MusicRadar noted that the pedal had not yet appeared on the Polyend website, which it said suggested Press was "a little way off from release"1.
A later account from Pedal of the Day describes Press as a fully analog stereo compressor with TRS stereo I/O and a transparent VCA design, and says the Tilt knob boosts highs and cuts lows or the reverse, active on the wet signal only2. It describes the sidechain highpass and lowpass filters as shaping the signal that triggers the compressor without altering the dry tone, and the ratio as running from 2:1 up to limiting levels2. That account calls the stereo sidechain control unique among analog compressor pedals and positions the unit as an end-of-chain compressor for guitars, synths or drum machines2.
No price or release date was given in either account12. Players looking at compression can browse Compressor Pedals.