TK Audio BC501-GR Bus Compressor

TK Audio’s best-selling 500-series module, the TK Audio BC501-GR Bus, is a stereo bus compressor that features all the power of TK’s flagship BC1-THD.

TK Audio BC501-GR Bus Compressor Details

Since the it was released in 2015 it has found its way into a great number of 500 racks all around the globe. The TK Audio BC501-GR is one of the most transparent stereo bus compressors ever made. The smooth, soft compression together with the blend control, high-pass filter and the THD function are much appreciated features that now have been expanded with the grab function, known from the BC1-THD.

The grab function turns the threshold knee harder and makes the compressor even more perfect for the drum-bus. The TK Audio BC501-GR is available in two versions, the TK Audio BC501-GR with the standard stock black panel and the BC501-Ltd with silver panel, individually numbered and limited edition of 100 units.

Features

  • Threshold: -20dB to +20dB in 41 steps
  • Make-up: 0 to +20dB in 41 steps
  • Ratio: 1:25, 1.5:1, 2:1, 4:1, 6:1, 10:1
  • Attack: 0.1, 0.3, 0.6, 1, 3, 6, 10, 30, 60, 120mS
  • Release: 50, 100, 300, 600mS, 1.2S and Auto (50mS/2S)
  • HP Filter: 80Hz, 150Hz and 220Hz (-6dB/octave)
  • External sidechain input via a stereo 3.5mm TRS
  • THD circuit that adds even harmonics
  • Blend control from dry to compressed in 21 steps

Specifications

  • Power requirement: +110mA / -90mA (total)
  • Frequency response: 20Hz to 20kHz +/-0dB
  • Frequency response: 20Hz to 80kHz +0dB/-0.1dB
  • THD+N @ 1kHz: less than 0.005%
  • Signal to noise ratio: 95dB
  • Cross talk: -90dB
  • Input impedance: 24kohm
  • Output impedance: 50ohm
  • Max input level: +26dBu
  • Max output level: +27dBu

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