Wes Audio Mimas 500 Series FET Compressor

Despite digital revolution in the audio industry, many of top audio engineers still work on analog gear. Have you ever wondered why?

 

It’s all about that significant sound which can’t be beaten by any digital plugin or processor. Most of audio engineers mix in the box because of the plugin usability: total recall, automation, settings comparison, etc. They love digital, however, it’s always missing something crucial ? the sound. We have a solution for that: hardware analog gear with digital control, benefits from both worlds:

 

analog and digital. Thanks to the pure analog path this device acts like proper analog gear but the digital control gives you exactly the same spectrum of compressor contol possibilities as you can find in a digital plugin.Our proprietary GCon protocol, which allows to communicate hardware with DAW, makes operating is fast and easy to use.We’d like to introduce the first member of the family: ­_MIMAS ­- World’s first 1176 style compressor with digital control through VST/AAX plugin

 

Feartures:
– world class compressor sound
– GCon – innovative High-speed USB/Ethernet protocol
– fully digitally controlled analog circuit
– Saturation Mode – special mode of operation which allows to saturate signal using gain staging between IN and OUT transformers
– fully balanced in/out by Carnhill transformers
– USB computer connection
– VST2/VST3/AAX/AU (MAC/PC) control plugin
– dedicated stereo plugin to manage two devices
– integrated hardware A/B function
– digital sidechain from DAW to compressor
– 4  touch sensitive encoders (allow to record automation of all parameters to DAW in real time)
– true bypass
– selectable VU(in/out)/GR meter
– +24dBu of headroom

 

Specs:
Attack time: 20us – 800us
Release time: 50ms – 1100ms
Compression ratio : 4:1; 8:1; 12:1; 20:1; all button mode
True Bypass
SC High Pass filter – 60,90,150Hz
Output impedance : 600ohm
Freq. response : 20Hz do 20kHz (+/- 1dB)
Signal to noise ratio SNR : >83dB
Power consumption: 3W