The best compressor pedals are designed to make your guitar tone sound balanced, even and controlled. Although some guitarists like to use compression on their overdrive channels, the compressor’s ...

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What it does and when to use it... When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Although compression can be used as an obvious effect, it's ...

Orange Amps has released the King Comp, a “super low noise” compression pedal with high headroom and envelope shaping controls. It hopes players will never feel the need to turn it off. The firm ...

The proposition is compelling enough on paper, but it's also simple to achieve for the compact. Universal Audio – creators of the 1176 compressor – bring their acclaimed plugin emulation of the studio ...

The notion of rich, warm tube tone still looms large in guitarists’ imaginations. So much so that some manufacturers are still making strides to capture an authentic rendition of that technology in a ...