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16th June 2005
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| Gear maniac Joined: Oct 2003 Location: St. Louis,Mo.
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Thread Starter | Nathan-Any info or pics of the new OSA comp up anywhere
Hi Nathan, I was just wondering if there was any info posted yet about the new comp anywhere? Thanks, Pete Ruthenburg |
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16th June 2005
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Jul 2002 Location: Brooklyn, NY
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there are two i think! either a la3a or la4 type and an ssl type! |
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16th June 2005
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Jun 2002 Location: West Coast Central Florida
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We showed it at TapeOp Con. Should be 2-3 weeks before shipping, thanks for asking.  |
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16th June 2005
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| Lives for gear Joined: May 2005 Location: Los Angeles
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What are you guys talking about... OSA comp? Explain, please. |
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16th June 2005
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| Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2002 Location: West Coast Central Florida
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OSA (Old School Audio) is releasing the first compressor in their lineup. It's a VCA based design with very colored transformers on the input and output (there will be a slightly less expensive version also offered with transformer only on the output). It's linkable up to 8 units, so 7.1 is possible. The compressor is called the 'I.G.M'. | |
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16th June 2005
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| Gear maniac Joined: May 2003 Location: garden city, mi
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Hey Nathan, I think these were originally touted as LA-4 style comps.....is that how they turned out? |
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17th June 2005
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| Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2002 Location: West Coast Central Florida
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OSA is still making the Opto compressor, it's just coming out second instead of first. There are also some other very interesting products coming out in the next few months from OSA that are unique. | |
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29th August 2005
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| Gear addict  Joined: Jun 2004 Location: Dieppe, Canada
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Was gonna email sales for OSA but then I saw it was Nathan anyways so thought I'd post here. Any more news on these opto versions? This one has me more excited than the VCA tranny thing... |
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29th August 2005
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| Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2002 Location: West Coast Central Florida
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The VCA compressor is a little delayed, probably 8 weeks realistically. We'll be showing/shipping by AES this year. The opto I'm not sure...there are about 5 products on the burner, and it's up to me which one comes out first. There are lots of Optos on the market (although not a 500 form factor one which is a huge bonus for pragmatic reasons), so I need to decide what fills a niche the best. Thanks for your interest! thumbsup
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29th August 2005
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| Gear addict Joined: Jun 2004 Location: Dieppe, Canada
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Thanks Nathan. I was posting a few weeks ago about if anybody makes a form 500 product over the next few years I'd like it to be inspired by something other than API. Nice to see that's happening. |
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23rd October 2005
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| Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2002 Location: West Coast Central Florida
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The IGM is in BETA right now. Excuse the flash, it's a quick mug shot of the comp that Dale took.
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23rd October 2005
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| Gear addict  Joined: Aug 2005 Location: DC
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24th October 2005
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Sep 2005 Location: Richmond Hill, Ontario (Canada)
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Nathan, Are you basing this design on anything else currently on the market? If so what in particular, thanks.
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24th October 2005
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| Moderator  Joined: Feb 2004 Location: Boston,MA Providence,RI
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Looks like it was modeled after the SSL?  |
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24th October 2005
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| Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2002 Location: West Coast Central Florida
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This is what Dale wrote: "The IGM compressor (Intergalactic Gain Modulator) is based on a THAT VCA. It's a low distortion, fast, and good sounding unit. The IGM is based on their application notes and extensive conversations with the engineers at THAT. The audio path is all OSA, with our high headroom op-amp and output transformer. The control choices do bear a resemblance to the SSL buss compressor - simply because it is the best sounding VCA based compressor I know of. I have used SSL compressors a great deal, and I do subscribe to the theory that an SSL console is a half-million dollar lunchbox for a really great compressor. That being said, I wanted to give it the same power, headroom, and color that I have in the OSA mic pre-amps. Therefore, the similarities do not extend to the audio path. The Optical compressor is on the way - it is simply taking more time to prototype and research the optical elements. I want to make it very special, so I won't put it out until it is right. The IGM is slated to go into production later this week, with the first units shipping in 4-6 weeks. There will be some minor adjustments on the faceplate, and a switch added for 'something a little bit special'. Stay Tuned. Dale" | |
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26th October 2005
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Aug 2004 Location: tx
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Hey, Nathan, or Dale... I noticed in Pro Sound there's a mention of the IGM and that up to eight of 'em will be linkable for 7.1 operation; can you say if the link will be similar to the 525 link, or not, or how it would be implemented? How about sidechaining? (I know, I know, it's a small unit  )Sounds cool! |
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29th October 2005
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| Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2002 Location: West Coast Central Florida
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It will be linkable to 8. There a couple ways to link them, BETA testing will determine which way to go. There is strong possibility for sidechain function as an option. | |
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29th October 2005
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| 500 series nutjob  Joined: Nov 2004 Location: 500 series Guru SKANK! ; )
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There is strong possibility for sidechain function as an option. There is strong possibility for sidechain function as an option. There is strong possibility for sidechain function as an option. There is strong possibility for sidechain function as an option. 
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30th October 2005
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| One with big hooves  Joined: May 2002 Location: Earth, NYC metro
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Hey ummmm...where's the I/O for the linking and sidechain functions? Since 500 series racks have one set of XLR's per channel is there a module to module link cable or ???
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30th October 2005
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| Gear Guru  Joined: Aug 2005 Location: underground railroad
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I mean GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDD, How do you expect me to get ANY WORK DONE, ALREADY????? JEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZZZZZ 
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10th November 2005
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| Gear addict Joined: Aug 2005 Location: DC
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Hurry!  |
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14th December 2005
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| Gear Head  Joined: Dec 2002 Location: Louisiana
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Cant wait to hear this thing.. Nathan, are they any closer to being out and about.. Jay |
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14th December 2005
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| 500 series nutjob Joined: Nov 2004 Location: 500 series Guru SKANK! ; )
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do tell how close Nathan |
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14th December 2005
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| Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2002 Location: West Coast Central Florida
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Talked to Dale about it yesterday, he said he's probably ready to order the PCB boards in about 10 days or so. From there I think it's about 2-3 for assembly and final testing and probably about a week of down time due to the holidays. Don't hold me to it exactly, but I know he's close...I've swamped them with orders so much I don't think he's had any time to look at it in the last few weeks (which is a good thing really, a big thanks to you Gearslutz for all the support!!!).
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14th December 2005
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| 500 series nutjob Joined: Nov 2004 Location: 500 series Guru SKANK! ; )
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still going for the side chain? hope so!  |
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14th December 2005
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14th December 2005
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| Gear addict  Joined: Aug 2004 Location: Las Vegas
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Hey Nathan, Is there a dartboard number for the price of the IGM on the board yet and when do you plan on starting to take pre-orders? I know Dale has probably been pretty busy just keeping up with preamp building but I am pretty excited to hear the compressor in action?? Stephen |
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28th December 2005
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| Gear addict Joined: Nov 2004 Location: SF Bay Area
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Any update on pricing or availability of the IGM?
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25th January 2006
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12th February 2006
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| Gear maniac  Joined: Oct 2005 Location: What day is it?
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