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[ ELECTRO-HARMONIX TONE CORSET ANALOG COMPRESSOR | Doug Doppler ]
‘New York Drum Compression’. Per the Tone
KEY FEATURES
Corset, this allows you to preserve the natural
dynamics of the source audio while being able
AC or Battery Powered
to blend in the compressed signal to taste. This
Volume, Sustain, Blend,
& Attack Controls
also gives you the freedom to be more extreme
in how you set Sustain and Attack controls,
Pad Switch
making for a huge difference in sound and feel.
True Bypass
The Volume control allows you to compensate
for any perceived drop in volume when
you compress your signal. In combination
Like many worship electric guitar players, my
with the Blend control, it also enables you
compressor is the one pedal that is always on.
to pummel the front end of your amp into
Noting that pretty much every major worship
overdriven submission, with as little or as much
guitarist has a POG on their board, there is
compression as you desire. The Pad switch is
already a lot of love ‘in the house’ for EHX.
perfect for those of us who have instruments
Although I anticipated liking the Tone Corset, I
with active electronics.
did not expect to be completely blown away, so
let’s talk about why I was…
The Tone Corset delivered worship tone bliss
when used with a Gretsch hollow body, an EHX
For starters, the Tone Corset is an OTA
(operational
transconductance
Deluxe Memory Man 550-T, and a Milkman
amplifier)
Sound 50W Sideman. The 550-T delivered the
compressor that sounds great and is super
somewhat significant volume boost from the
easy to dial in. Of the fifteen or so compressors
Tone Corset on to the 50W Sideman without
I have here, none of them shares the Tone
any clipping. Also, by reducing the Attack and
Corset’s exact feature set, which is key to
bumping up the Sustain I was able to keep the
the magic that this little box produces. In my
Gretsch chimey while still keeping any spikey
experience, many compressors have one or
transients at bay, even with the Bright switch
two settings that are the real sweet spots.
engaged on the amp.
With a little help from a Milkman Sound 50W
Sideman, I was floored by the massive range of
tones I was able to dial up with the Tone Corset.
While I love all the compressors I own, the
Given all the great tones and functionality,
Doug Doppler Demos the EHX Tone Corset
the Tone Corset easily holds its own with
compressors twice the price. Two big thumbs
flexibility of the feature set on the Tone Corset
up to everyone at EHX on this one!
inspired me to play things I never would have
otherwise – how cool is that?
$89.50 MAP
www.EHX.com
Noting the EHX is based in NYC, the Blend
control allows you to mimic the parallel
compression that is frequently referred to as
John Skibic from EHX Demos the Tone Corset
October 2017
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