New Strymon Compadre Dual Voice Compressor & Boost Guitar Effects Pedal

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Your Dream Tone Starts Here.

Start your signal chain with the best possible version of your guitar tone. Treat your guitar signal to true studio quality analog compression with two distinct voices for smooth transparency or vintage squeeze. Hit the Boost switch to add clean boost or soft-clipped dirty boost, with the EQ curve of your choice. Mix in some dry signal for natural attack even with extreme compression settings. Feel the perfectly tailored dynamic response, feeding your amp and effects just what they need to sound their best.

Your Everything Upgrade.

From pickups, tubes, capacitors, to speaker cabinets—the aspects of a rig that can be upgraded or changed are nearly endless. Plug in Compadre and you may find you already have everything you need for the tone you’ve been seeking. Bring out your amp’s character in ways you never thought possible. Compadre’s Class A JFET input circuit, studio quality analog compression, and musically voiced analog boost circuits all work together to make your amp sound like it was just modified by a world-class boutique amp designer.

Super Flexible, Super Easy.

Compadre gives you everything you need to shape your front end tone, and nothing to slow you down. Auto makeup gain and auto threshold mean that all you have to do is turn up the Compression knob to dial in the desired amount. Compadre’s wide variety of tone shaping features are all designed to easily sound great across a wide variety of settings.

Two Distinct Analog Compression Circuits.

Choose between two compression circuits, each with its own unique character. Studio mode gives you the smooth, beautifully transparent compression typically found in the best vintage studio rack units. For a harder compression effect typical of classic guitar pedals, Compadre’s Squeeze mode is designed to deliver heavy compression with maximum sustain.

Boost the Sweet Spot, Clean or Dirty.

Compadre gives you two distinct analog boost circuits: a clean boost, and a dirty boost that introduces soft clipping, characteristic of an overdrive pedal. The selectable boost EQ ensures the perfect compliment to any guitar and amp combination. Add sparkle and shine with a treble boost, fatten your tone with the midrange boost, or level up the full frequency range with flat mode.

Sound Design

The Compadre design project started with a study of some of the finest analog compressors ever created, inspiring and guiding our circuit design process. Utilizing a VCA in the compression circuits allowed us to carefully tune the exact response and dynamics we desired for each voicing. For Studio mode, our goal was to achieve the musical and transparent sound found within our favorite studio rack units and the best vintage studio console bus compression. With ample sustain on tap, we paid special attention to creating a completely smooth decay, with no unwanted pumping artifacts.

Features

Independent Boost and Compression. Compadre allows you to use its Boost and Compression either together or independently from one another. In this way Compadre is truly two pedals in one. Store and recall presets using MultiSwitch Plus or MIDI.

Parallel Compression. Compadre’s Dry knob allows you to add the desired amount of dry signal back into your tone, in parallel with your compressed signal, preserving your natural uncompressed attack.

Premium VCA Volume Pedal. Compadre features a dedicated VCA for its Level control and volume pedal input. Just connect any TRS expression pedal and you’ve got a premium VCA-based volume pedal.

Class A JFET Input Circuit. Compadre features a premium Class A JFET Input Circuit that delivers exceptional touch sensitivity and dynamic interaction with your guitar or bass, while maximizing headroom and allowing the pedal to achieve a low noise floor.

Ready for Guitar or Bass. Compadre’s frequency response goes all the way down to 20Hz with no high pass roll off (unless Treble or Mid boost EQ curves are used).

MIDI Control. Via MIDI, Compadre can store and recall up to 300 presets. Connect a Strymon MIDI EXP Cable to the FAV/MIDI jack to access these features.

Favorite. Connect an optional MiniSwitch or other external latching footswitch with a TRS cable to store and recall your Favorite setting. Or use MultiSwitch Plus to store and recall up to three Favorites.

Precise Level Control. Compadre features auto threshold and auto makeup gain. The Level knob can be used to adjust the output level of the compressor by -6dB to +6dB, with unity gain at noon.

Sound Design

Premium analog VCA (Voltage Controlled Amplifier) compressor circuits

Two voicing options: smooth studio compression and hard pedal style compression

Independently controlled clean or dirty boost circuit with 3 EQ options

Dirty boost option provides overdrive when boost is engaged

DRY Knob lets you blend the dry signal with the compressed signal to preserve attack transients

Ins, Outs, and Switches

High impedance ultra low-noise discrete Class A JFET preamp input

Low impedance mono output

Output VCA allows Compadre to function as a volume pedal when a standard TRS expression pedal plugged into the dedicated Volume jack

Compatible with MiniSwitch for remote selection of a Favorite preset

Compatible with MultiSwitch Plus for remote selection of 3 presets

Full featured MIDI control. Access to 300 presets and remote parameter control via quarter-inch TRS

Audio Quality and More

Selectable True Bypass (electromechanical relay switching) or ultra low-noise Buffered Bypass

Strong and lightweight anodized dark red aluminum chassis

9V DC power supply included. Power requirements: maximum 9 volts DC center-negative, with a minimum of 150mA of current

Compressor Signal/Noise: 109 dB typical

Dimensions: 4.5” deep x 4” wide x 1.75” tall (11.4 cm deep x 10.2 cm wide x 4.4 cm tall)

Designed and built in the USA